#FFE856#FFE856

#FFE856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.162 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE856
RGB	rgb(255, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.53, -8.15, 70.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.53, 71.42, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(92.42% -0.0288 0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(92.42% 0.162 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.7795, 79.6483, 20.3950)
Luminance	0.7964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE856 #566DFF

analogous

#FF9356 #FFE856 #C2FF56

triadic

#FFE856 #56FFE8 #E856FF

tetradic

#FFE856 #56FF93 #566DFF #FF56C2

square

#FFE856 #56FF93 #566DFF #FF56C2

split-complementary

#FFE856 #56C2FF #9356FF

monochromatic

#DBBD00 #FFE019 #FFE856 #FFF093 #FFF9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.93

#FFE856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE856

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE856	1.00	1.24	16.93	16.93
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.162 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef8d',
    500: '#ffe856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe856;
$custom-light: #ffef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.834,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92418,
    "c": 0.16217,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE856

secondary

#253DD4

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE856

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

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