#FFE05B#FFE05B

#FFE05B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.153 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE05B
RGB	rgb(255, 224, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 64.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.55, -3.87, 66.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.55, 66.98, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.86% -0.0161 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(90.86% 0.153 96)
XYZ	xyz(69.7872, 75.3301, 20.7598)
Luminance	0.7533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE05B #5B7AFF

analogous

#FF8E5B #FFE05B #CCFF5B

triadic

#FFE05B #5BFFE0 #E05BFF

tetradic

#FFE05B #5BFF8E #5B7AFF #FF5BCC

square

#FFE05B #5BFF8E #5B7AFF #FF5BCC

split-complementary

#FFE05B #5BCCFF #8E5BFF

monochromatic

#E0B500 #FFD41E #FFE05B #FFEC98 #FFF7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FFE05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.07

#FFE05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE05B

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE05B	1.00	1.31	16.07	16.07
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 224, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.153 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe98f',
    500: '#ffe05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe05b;
$custom-light: #ffe98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.659,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90862,
    "c": 0.15255,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.75327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE05B

secondary

#2648D8

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE05B

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

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