#FFE56C#FFE56C

#FFE56C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.143 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE56C
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 108)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 57.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.96, -5.29, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.96, 61.32, 94.94°)
OKLab	oklab(92.03% -0.0182 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(92.03% 0.143 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.9689, 78.3845, 25.5233)
Luminance	0.7838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE56C #6C86FF

analogous

#FF9B6C #FFE56C #CFFF6C

triadic

#FFE56C #6CFFE5 #E56CFF

tetradic

#FFE56C #6CFF9B #6C86FF #FF6CCF

square

#FFE56C #6CFF9B #6C86FF #FF6CCF

split-complementary

#FFE56C #6CCFFF #9B6CFF

monochromatic

#F1C600 #FFDA2F #FFE56C #FFF0A9 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FFE56C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#FFE56C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE56C

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE56C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE56C	1.00	1.26	16.68	16.68
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe56c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.143 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9a',
    500: '#ffe56c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe56c;
$custom-light: #ffec9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe56c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.388,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92025,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE56C

secondary

#3452DB

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE56C

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

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