#FFF256#FFF256

#FFF256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.854; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.171 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFF256
RGB	rgb(255, 242, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.07, -13.08, 73.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.07, 74.72, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(94.44% -0.0428 0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(94.44% 0.171 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.6748, 85.4390, 21.3602)
Luminance	0.8544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFF256 #5663FF

analogous

#FF9E56 #FFF256 #B7FF56

triadic

#FFF256 #56FFF2 #F256FF

tetradic

#FFF256 #56FF9E #5663FF #FF56B7

square

#FFF256 #56FF9E #5663FF #FF56B7

split-complementary

#FFF256 #56B7FF #9E56FF

monochromatic

#DBCA00 #FFED19 #FFF256 #FFF793 #FFFBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FFF256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.09

#FFF256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFF256

18.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFF256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFF256	1.00	1.16	18.09	18.09
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fff256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 242, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.171 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff68d',
    500: '#fff256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fff256;
$custom-light: #fff68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fff256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94441,
    "c": 0.17057,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.85436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFF256

secondary

#2533D4

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19170D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFF256

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

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