#FFE55E#FFE55E

#FFE55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.154 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE55E
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 63.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.83, -6.20, 66.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.83, 67.28, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(91.89% -0.0224 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(91.89% 0.154 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.2828, 78.1100, 21.9095)
Luminance	0.7811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE55E #5E78FF

analogous

#FF945E #FFE55E #C8FF5E

triadic

#FFE55E #5EFFE5 #E55EFF

tetradic

#FFE55E #5EFF94 #5E78FF #FF5EC8

square

#FFE55E #5EFF94 #5E78FF #FF5EC8

split-complementary

#FFE55E #5EC8FF #945EFF

monochromatic

#E3BE00 #FFDB21 #FFE55E #FFEF9B #FFF9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FFE55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.62

#FFE55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE55E

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE55E	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)

#FAE04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.154 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec91',
    500: '#ffe55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe55e;
$custom-light: #ffec91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.311,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91886,
    "c": 0.15405,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE55E

secondary

#2845D9

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE55E

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

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