#FFE55D#FFE55D

#FFE55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.155 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE55D
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 63.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.82, -6.26, 67.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.82, 67.69, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(91.88% -0.0227 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(91.88% 0.155 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.2382, 78.0922, 21.6747)
Luminance	0.7809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE55D #5D77FF

analogous

#FF945D #FFE55D #C8FF5D

triadic

#FFE55D #5DFFE5 #E55DFF

tetradic

#FFE55D #5DFF94 #5D77FF #FF5DC8

square

#FFE55D #5DFF94 #5D77FF #FF5DC8

split-complementary

#FFE55D #5DC8FF #945DFF

monochromatic

#E2BD00 #FFDB20 #FFE55D #FFEF9A #FFF9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FFE55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.62

#FFE55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE55D

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE55D	1.00	1.26	16.62	16.62
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.155 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec91',
    500: '#ffe55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe55d;
$custom-light: #ffec91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.37,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91877,
    "c": 0.15479,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE55D

secondary

#2744D9

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE55D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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