#FFE978#FFE978

#FFE978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.135 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE978
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 52.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.09, -6.39, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.09, 57.30, 96.40°)
OKLab	oklab(92.96% -0.02 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(92.96% 0.135 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.7716, 80.8968, 29.4944)
Luminance	0.8089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE978 #788EFF

analogous

#FFA578 #FFE978 #D1FF78

triadic

#FFE978 #78FFE9 #E978FF

tetradic

#FFE978 #78FFA5 #788EFF #FF78D1

square

#FFE978 #78FFA5 #788EFF #FF78D1

split-complementary

#FFE978 #78D1FF #A578FF

monochromatic

#FDD300 #FFDF3B #FFE978 #FFF3B5 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFE978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.18

#FFE978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE978

17.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE978	1.00	1.22	17.18	17.18
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE46E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.135 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefa2',
    500: '#ffe978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe978;
$custom-light: #ffefa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9296,
    "c": 0.13545,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE978

secondary

#3E58DD

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE978

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

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