#FFE160#FFE160

#FFE160 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.149 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE160
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 96)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 62.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.84, -4.07, 65.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.84, 65.21, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(91.11% -0.0161 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(91.11% 0.15 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.2796, 75.9584, 22.0236)
Luminance	0.7595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE160 #607EFF

analogous

#FF9260 #FFE160 #CEFF60

triadic

#FFE160 #60FFE1 #E160FF

tetradic

#FFE160 #60FF92 #607EFF #FF60CE

square

#FFE160 #60FF92 #607EFF #FF60CE

split-complementary

#FFE160 #60CEFF #9260FF

monochromatic

#E5B900 #FFD523 #FFE160 #FFED9D #FFF8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FFE160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#FFE160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE160

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE160	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.149 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea92',
    500: '#ffe160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe160;
$custom-light: #ffea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91107,
    "c": 0.1495,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE160

secondary

#2A4BD9

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE160

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

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