#FFED56#FFED56

#FFED56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.166 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFED56
RGB	rgb(255, 237, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.80, -10.62, 72.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.80, 73.04, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(93.43% -0.0359 0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(93.43% 0.166 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.2069, 82.5033, 20.8709)
Luminance	0.8250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFED56 #5668FF

analogous

#FF9856 #FFED56 #BDFF56

triadic

#FFED56 #56FFED #ED56FF

tetradic

#FFED56 #56FF98 #5668FF #FF56BD

square

#FFED56 #56FF98 #5668FF #FF56BD

split-complementary

#FFED56 #56BDFF #9856FF

monochromatic

#DBC300 #FFE619 #FFED56 #FFF493 #FFFAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FFED56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.50

#FFED56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFED56

17.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFED56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFED56	1.00	1.20	17.50	17.50
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffed56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 237, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.166 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff28d',
    500: '#ffed56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffed56;
$custom-light: #fff28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffed56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.609,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93426,
    "c": 0.16627,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFED56

secondary

#2538D4

accent

#18E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFED56

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

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