#FFE15E#FFE15E

#FFE15E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.151 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE15E
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 63.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.82, -4.20, 65.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.82, 66.04, 93.64°)
OKLab	oklab(91.09% -0.0167 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(91.09% 0.151 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.1887, 75.9220, 21.5448)
Luminance	0.7592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE15E #5E7CFF

analogous

#FF905E #FFE15E #CCFF5E

triadic

#FFE15E #5EFFE1 #E15EFF

tetradic

#FFE15E #5EFF90 #5E7CFF #FF5ECC

square

#FFE15E #5EFF90 #5E7CFF #FF5ECC

split-complementary

#FFE15E #5ECCFF #905EFF

monochromatic

#E3B800 #FFD621 #FFE15E #FFEC9B #FFF8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FFE15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#FFE15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE15E

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE15E	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)

#F6DC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.151 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea91',
    500: '#ffe15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe15e;
$custom-light: #ffea91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.82,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91088,
    "c": 0.15103,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE15E

secondary

#2849D9

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE15E

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

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