#FFFF5E#FFFF5E

#FFFF5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.936; OKLCH L 97.2% C 0.177 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFF5E
RGB	rgb(255, 255, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.47, -18.93, 74.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.47, 76.38, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(97.16% -0.0585 0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(97.16% 0.177 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(79.0229, 93.5904, 24.4896)
Luminance	0.9359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFF5E #5E5EFF

analogous

#FFAE5E #FFFF5E #AEFF5E

triadic

#FFFF5E #5EFFFF #FF5EFF

tetradic

#FFFF5E #5EFFAE #5E5EFF #FF5EAE

square

#FFFF5E #5EFFAE #5E5EFF #FF5EAE

split-complementary

#FFFF5E #5EAEFF #AE5EFF

monochromatic

#E3E300 #FFFF21 #FFFF5E #FFFF9B #FFFFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.07

#FFFF5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.72

#FFFF5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFF5E

19.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFF5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFF5E	1.00	1.07	19.72	19.72
#FFFFFF	1.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFA68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF0DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F8F8F8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffff5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 255, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.2% 0.177 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffff93',
    500: '#ffff5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffff5e;
$custom-light: #ffff93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffff5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 255,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97164,
    "c": 0.17718,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.93588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFF5E

secondary

#2828D9

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#19170E

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFF5E

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

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