#FFE759#FFE759

#FFE759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.159 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE759
RGB	rgb(255, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.30, -7.49, 69.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.30, 69.93, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(92.24% -0.0266 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(92.24% 0.159 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.6222, 79.1363, 20.9515)
Luminance	0.7913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE759 #5971FF

analogous

#FF9459 #FFE759 #C4FF59

triadic

#FFE759 #59FFE7 #E759FF

tetradic

#FFE759 #59FF94 #5971FF #FF59C4

square

#FFE759 #59FF94 #5971FF #FF59C4

split-complementary

#FFE759 #59C4FF #9459FF

monochromatic

#DEBE00 #FFDE1C #FFE759 #FFF096 #FFF9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FFE759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.83

#FFE759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE759

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE759	1.00	1.25	16.83	16.83
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.159 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffee8e',
    500: '#ffe759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe759;
$custom-light: #ffee8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.325,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92242,
    "c": 0.15928,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE759

secondary

#263FD6

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE759

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

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