#FFE56A#FFE56A

#FFE56A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.144 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE56A
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 106)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 58.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.94, -5.43, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.94, 62.19, 95.00°)
OKLab	oklab(92% -0.0188 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(92% 0.144 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.8637, 78.3424, 24.9691)
Luminance	0.7834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE56A #6A84FF

analogous

#FF9A6A #FFE56A #CEFF6A

triadic

#FFE56A #6AFFE5 #E56AFF

tetradic

#FFE56A #6AFF9A #6A84FF #FF6ACE

square

#FFE56A #6AFF9A #6A84FF #FF6ACE

split-complementary

#FFE56A #6ACEFF #9A6AFF

monochromatic

#EFC500 #FFDA2D #FFE56A #FFF0A7 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FFE56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#FFE56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE56A

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE56A	1.00	1.26	16.67	16.67
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E05D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.144 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec98',
    500: '#ffe56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe56a;
$custom-light: #ffec98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.53,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92004,
    "c": 0.14449,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE56A

secondary

#3250DB

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#19160E

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE56A

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

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