#FFE862#FFE862

#FFE862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.153 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE862
RGB	rgb(255, 232, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 61.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.62, -7.45, 66.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.62, 66.59, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(92.52% -0.0255 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(92.52% 0.153 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.3042, 79.8582, 23.1585)
Luminance	0.7985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE862 #6279FF

analogous

#FF9A62 #FFE862 #C8FF62

triadic

#FFE862 #62FFE8 #E862FF

tetradic

#FFE862 #62FF9A #6279FF #FF62C8

square

#FFE862 #62FF9A #6279FF #FF62C8

split-complementary

#FFE862 #62C8FF #9A62FF

monochromatic

#E7C500 #FFDF25 #FFE862 #FFF19F #FFFADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.97

#FFE862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE862

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE862	1.00	1.24	16.97	16.97
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 232, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.153 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef94',
    500: '#ffe862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe862;
$custom-light: #ffef94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.21,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92523,
    "c": 0.15336,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE862

secondary

#2C45DA

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE862

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

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