#FFE05D#FFE05D

#FFE05D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.151 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE05D
RGB	rgb(255, 224, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 63.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.56, -3.75, 66.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.56, 66.16, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(90.88% -0.0155 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(90.88% 0.151 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.8746, 75.3651, 21.2202)
Luminance	0.7536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE05D #5D7CFF

analogous

#FF8F5D #FFE05D #CDFF5D

triadic

#FFE05D #5DFFE0 #E05DFF

tetradic

#FFE05D #5DFF8F #5D7CFF #FF5DCD

square

#FFE05D #5DFF8F #5D7CFF #FF5DCD

split-complementary

#FFE05D #5DCDFF #8F5DFF

monochromatic

#E2B600 #FFD420 #FFE05D #FFEC9A #FFF7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FFE05D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.07

#FFE05D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE05D

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE05D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE05D	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)

#F5DB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe05d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 224, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.151 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe990',
    500: '#ffe05d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe05d;
$custom-light: #ffe990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe05d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.519,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9088,
    "c": 0.15107,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE05D

secondary

#2749D9

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE05D

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

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