#FFE04E#FFE04E

#FFE04E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.162 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE04E
RGB	rgb(255, 224, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 69.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.45, -4.56, 71.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.45, 72.07, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(90.76% -0.0195 0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(90.76% 0.162 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.2742, 75.1249, 18.0579)
Luminance	0.7512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE04E #4E6DFF

analogous

#FF884E #FFE04E #C5FF4E

triadic

#FFE04E #4EFFE0 #E04EFF

tetradic

#FFE04E #4EFF88 #4E6DFF #FF4EC5

square

#FFE04E #4EFF88 #4E6DFF #FF4EC5

split-complementary

#FFE04E #4EC5FF #884EFF

monochromatic

#D3AE00 #FFD511 #FFE04E #FFEB8B #FFF5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FFE04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#FFE04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE04E

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE04E	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 224, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.162 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe988',
    500: '#ffe04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe04e;
$custom-light: #ffe988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.492,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90756,
    "c": 0.16151,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE04E

secondary

#2442CD

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE04E

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

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