#FFE140#FFE140

#FFE140 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.170 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE140
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.62, -5.68, 77.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.62, 77.26, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(90.86% -0.024 0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(90.86% 0.17 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.0941, 75.4842, 15.7800)
Luminance	0.7548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE140 #405EFF

analogous

#FF8240 #FFE140 #BDFF40

triadic

#FFE140 #40FFE1 #E140FF

tetradic

#FFE140 #40FF82 #405EFF #FF40BD

square

#FFE140 #40FF82 #405EFF #FF40BD

split-complementary

#FFE140 #40BDFF #8240FF

monochromatic

#C5A600 #FFD703 #FFE140 #FFEB7D #FFF4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FFE140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#FFE140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE140

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE140	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DB1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.170 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea80',
    500: '#ffe140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe140;
$custom-light: #ffea80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.576,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90862,
    "c": 0.17037,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE140

secondary

#223BC1

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#19160B

muted

#87847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE140

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

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