#FFE56E#FFE56E

#FFE56E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.141 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE56E
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 110)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 56.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.97, -5.14, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.97, 60.44, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(92.05% -0.0176 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(92.05% 0.141 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(72.0766, 78.4276, 26.0903)
Luminance	0.7842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE56E #6E88FF

analogous

#FF9D6E #FFE56E #D1FF6E

triadic

#FFE56E #6EFFE5 #E56EFF

tetradic

#FFE56E #6EFF9D #6E88FF #FF6ED1

square

#FFE56E #6EFF9D #6E88FF #FF6ED1

split-complementary

#FFE56E #6ED1FF #9D6EFF

monochromatic

#F3C700 #FFDA31 #FFE56E #FFF0AB #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FFE56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#FFE56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE56E

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE56E	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)

#F9E062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.141 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9b',
    500: '#ffe56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe56e;
$custom-light: #ffec9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.241,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92047,
    "c": 0.14109,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE56E

secondary

#3653DB

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE56E

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

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