#FFE572#FFE572

#FFE572 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.138 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE572
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 55.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.02, -4.85, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.02, 58.65, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(92.09% -0.0163 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(92.09% 0.138 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.2993, 78.5167, 27.2632)
Luminance	0.7851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE572 #728CFF

analogous

#FF9E72 #FFE572 #D3FF72

triadic

#FFE572 #72FFE5 #E572FF

tetradic

#FFE572 #72FF9E #728CFF #FF72D3

square

#FFE572 #72FF9E #728CFF #FF72D3

split-complementary

#FFE572 #72D3FF #9E72FF

monochromatic

#F7C900 #FFDA35 #FFE572 #FFF0AF #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FFE572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#FFE572 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE572

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE572	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E067

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.138 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9e',
    500: '#ffe572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe572;
$custom-light: #ffec9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92092,
    "c": 0.13758,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE572

secondary

#3957DC

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE572

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

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