#FFE05A#FFE05A

#FFE05A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.153 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE05A
RGB	rgb(255, 224, 90)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 64.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.54, -3.93, 67.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.54, 67.39, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(90.85% -0.0163 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(90.85% 0.153 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.7443, 75.3130, 20.5341)
Luminance	0.7531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE05A #5A79FF

analogous

#FF8D5A #FFE05A #CCFF5A

triadic

#FFE05A #5AFFE0 #E05AFF

tetradic

#FFE05A #5AFF8D #5A79FF #FF5ACC

square

#FFE05A #5AFF8D #5A79FF #FF5ACC

split-complementary

#FFE05A #5ACCFF #8D5AFF

monochromatic

#DFB500 #FFD51D #FFE05A #FFEB97 #FFF7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FFE05A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#FFE05A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE05A

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE05A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE05A	1.00	1.31	16.06	16.06
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe05a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 224, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.153 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe98e',
    500: '#ffe05a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe05a;
$custom-light: #ffe98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe05a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.727,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90853,
    "c": 0.15328,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE05A

secondary

#2647D7

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE05A

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

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