#FFE962#FFE962

#FFE962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.804; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.154 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE962
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 61.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.87, -7.95, 66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.87, 66.92, 96.82°)
OKLab	oklab(92.72% -0.0269 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(92.72% 0.154 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(72.5864, 80.4228, 23.2526)
Luminance	0.8042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE962 #6278FF

analogous

#FF9B62 #FFE962 #C7FF62

triadic

#FFE962 #62FFE9 #E962FF

tetradic

#FFE962 #62FF9B #6278FF #FF62C7

square

#FFE962 #62FF9B #6278FF #FF62C7

split-complementary

#FFE962 #62C7FF #9B62FF

monochromatic

#E7C600 #FFE025 #FFE962 #FFF29F #FFFADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FFE962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.08

#FFE962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE962

17.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE962	1.00	1.23	17.08	17.08
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.154 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef94',
    500: '#ffe962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe962;
$custom-light: #ffef94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.592,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92724,
    "c": 0.15417,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.8042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE962

secondary

#2C44DA

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE962

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

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