#FFE56F#FFE56F

#FFE56F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.140 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE56F
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 111)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 56.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.98, -5.07, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.98, 59.99, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(92.06% -0.0172 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(92.06% 0.14 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(72.1313, 78.4495, 26.3786)
Luminance	0.7845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE56F #6F89FF

analogous

#FF9D6F #FFE56F #D1FF6F

triadic

#FFE56F #6FFFE5 #E56FFF

tetradic

#FFE56F #6FFF9D #6F89FF #FF6FD1

square

#FFE56F #6FFF9D #6F89FF #FF6FD1

split-complementary

#FFE56F #6FD1FF #9D6FFF

monochromatic

#F4C800 #FFDA32 #FFE56F #FFF0AC #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FFE56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#FFE56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE56F

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE56F	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.140 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9c',
    500: '#ffe56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe56f;
$custom-light: #ffec9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92058,
    "c": 0.14022,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE56F

secondary

#3754DC

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE56F

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

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