#FFE565#FFE565

#FFE565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.149 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE565
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 60.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.89, -5.76, 64.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.89, 64.35, 95.14°)
OKLab	oklab(91.95% -0.0203 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(91.95% 0.149 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.6112, 78.2414, 23.6395)
Luminance	0.7824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE565 #657FFF

analogous

#FF9865 #FFE565 #CCFF65

triadic

#FFE565 #65FFE5 #E565FF

tetradic

#FFE565 #65FF98 #657FFF #FF65CC

square

#FFE565 #65FF98 #657FFF #FF65CC

split-complementary

#FFE565 #65CCFF #9865FF

monochromatic

#EAC200 #FFDB28 #FFE565 #FFEFA2 #FFFADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FFE565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#FFE565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE565

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE565	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE96B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.149 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec95',
    500: '#ffe565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe565;
$custom-light: #ffec95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.87,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91952,
    "c": 0.14859,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE565

secondary

#2E4BDA

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#19160E

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE565

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

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