#FFE959#FFE959

#FFE959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.161 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE959
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.80, -8.48, 70.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.80, 70.57, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(92.64% -0.0295 0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(92.64% 0.161 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.1852, 80.2622, 21.1391)
Luminance	0.8026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE959 #596FFF

analogous

#FF9659 #FFE959 #C2FF59

triadic

#FFE959 #59FFE9 #E959FF

tetradic

#FFE959 #59FF96 #596FFF #FF59C2

square

#FFE959 #59FF96 #596FFF #FF59C2

split-complementary

#FFE959 #59C2FF #9659FF

monochromatic

#DEC000 #FFE11C #FFE959 #FFF196 #FFF9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FFE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.05

#FFE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE959

17.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE959	1.00	1.23	17.05	17.05
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.161 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef8e',
    500: '#ffe959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe959;
$custom-light: #ffef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.048,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92644,
    "c": 0.16088,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.80259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE959

secondary

#263DD6

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE959

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

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