#FFEB55#FFEB55

#FFEB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.165 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEB55
RGB	rgb(255, 235, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 66.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.28, -9.69, 72.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.28, 72.77, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(93.02% -0.0333 0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(93.02% 0.165 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.5911, 81.3356, 20.4682)
Luminance	0.8133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEB55 #5569FF

analogous

#FF9655 #FFEB55 #BEFF55

triadic

#FFEB55 #55FFEB #EB55FF

tetradic

#FFEB55 #55FF96 #5569FF #FF55BE

square

#FFEB55 #55FF96 #5569FF #FF55BE

split-complementary

#FFEB55 #55BEFF #9655FF

monochromatic

#DAC000 #FFE418 #FFEB55 #FFF292 #FFF9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFEB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.27

#FFEB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEB55

17.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEB55	1.00	1.22	17.27	17.27
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffeb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 235, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.165 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff18c',
    500: '#ffeb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffeb55;
$custom-light: #fff18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffeb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93015,
    "c": 0.16528,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.81333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEB55

secondary

#253AD3

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEB55

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

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