#FFE657#FFE657

#FFE657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.160 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE657
RGB	rgb(255, 230, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 65.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.03, -7.10, 70.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.03, 70.41, 95.79°)
OKLab	oklab(92.03% -0.0257 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(92.03% 0.16 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.2603, 78.5450, 20.4221)
Luminance	0.7854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE657 #5770FF

analogous

#FF9257 #FFE657 #C4FF57

triadic

#FFE657 #57FFE6 #E657FF

tetradic

#FFE657 #57FF92 #5770FF #FF57C4

square

#FFE657 #57FF92 #5770FF #FF57C4

split-complementary

#FFE657 #57C4FF #9257FF

monochromatic

#DCBB00 #FFDD1A #FFE657 #FFEF94 #FFF8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FFE657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.71

#FFE657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE657

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE657	1.00	1.26	16.71	16.71
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 230, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.160 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffed8d',
    500: '#ffe657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe657;
$custom-light: #ffed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.071,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92025,
    "c": 0.15992,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE657

secondary

#2640D5

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE657

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

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