#FFE040#FFE040

#FFE040 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.170 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE040
RGB	rgb(255, 224, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.37, -5.18, 76.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.37, 76.99, 93.86°)
OKLab	oklab(90.66% -0.0226 0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(90.66% 0.17 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.8246, 74.9451, 15.6902)
Luminance	0.7494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE040 #405FFF

analogous

#FF8140 #FFE040 #BEFF40

triadic

#FFE040 #40FFE0 #E040FF

tetradic

#FFE040 #40FF81 #405FFF #FF40BE

square

#FFE040 #40FF81 #405FFF #FF40BE

split-complementary

#FFE040 #40BEFF #8140FF

monochromatic

#C5A500 #FFD603 #FFE040 #FFEA7D #FFF4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FFE040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#FFE040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE040

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE040	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DB20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 224, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.170 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe980',
    500: '#ffe040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe040;
$custom-light: #ffe980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.262,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90662,
    "c": 0.16968,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE040

secondary

#223CC1

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#19160B

muted

#87847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE040

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

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