#FFE15C#FFE15C

#FFE15C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.153 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE15C
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 92)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 63.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.81, -4.31, 66.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.81, 66.87, 93.70°)
OKLab	oklab(91.07% -0.0172 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(91.07% 0.153 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.1002, 75.8866, 21.0783)
Luminance	0.7588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE15C #5C7AFF

analogous

#FF8F5C #FFE15C #CBFF5C

triadic

#FFE15C #5CFFE1 #E15CFF

tetradic

#FFE15C #5CFF8F #5C7AFF #FF5CCB

square

#FFE15C #5CFF8F #5C7AFF #FF5CCB

split-complementary

#FFE15C #5CCBFF #8F5CFF

monochromatic

#E1B700 #FFD61F #FFE15C #FFEC99 #FFF8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FFE15C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#FFE15C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE15C

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE15C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE15C	1.00	1.30	16.18	16.18
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe15c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.153 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea90',
    500: '#ffe15c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe15c;
$custom-light: #ffea90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe15c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.957,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9107,
    "c": 0.15254,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE15C

secondary

#2647D9

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE15C

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

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