#FFE859#FFE859

#FFE859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.160 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE859
RGB	rgb(255, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.55, -7.99, 69.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.55, 70.25, 96.53°)
OKLab	oklab(92.44% -0.028 0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(92.44% 0.16 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.9029, 79.6977, 21.0450)
Luminance	0.7969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE859 #5970FF

analogous

#FF9559 #FFE859 #C3FF59

triadic

#FFE859 #59FFE8 #E859FF

tetradic

#FFE859 #59FF95 #5970FF #FF59C3

square

#FFE859 #59FF95 #5970FF #FF59C3

split-complementary

#FFE859 #59C3FF #9559FF

monochromatic

#DEBF00 #FFE01C #FFE859 #FFF096 #FFF9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#FFE859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE859

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE859	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.160 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef8e',
    500: '#ffe859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe859;
$custom-light: #ffef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.687,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92443,
    "c": 0.16008,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE859

secondary

#263ED6

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE859

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

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