#FFE987#FFE987

#FFE987 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.121 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE987
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 135)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 47.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.26, -5.11, 50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.26, 50.34, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(93.16% -0.0148 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(93.16% 0.121 97)
XYZ	xyz(74.7543, 81.2899, 34.6698)
Luminance	0.8129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE987 #879DFF

analogous

#FFAD87 #FFE987 #D9FF87

triadic

#FFE987 #87FFE9 #E987FF

tetradic

#FFE987 #87FFAD #879DFF #FF87D9

square

#FFE987 #87FFAD #879DFF #FF87D9

split-complementary

#FFE987 #87D9FF #AD87FF

monochromatic

#FFD30D #FFDE4A #FFE987 #FFF4C4 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFE987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.26

#FFE987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE987

17.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE987	1.00	1.22	17.26	17.26
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE47F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.121 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefac',
    500: '#ffe987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe987;
$custom-light: #ffefac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93155,
    "c": 0.12101,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.81287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE987

secondary

#4B66DF

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE987

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

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