#FFE165#FFE165

#FFE165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.146 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE165
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 101)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 60.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.88, -3.75, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.88, 63.09, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(91.16% -0.0146 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(91.16% 0.146 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.5172, 76.0534, 23.2748)
Luminance	0.7605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE165 #6583FF

analogous

#FF9465 #FFE165 #D0FF65

triadic

#FFE165 #65FFE1 #E165FF

tetradic

#FFE165 #65FF94 #6583FF #FF65D0

square

#FFE165 #65FF94 #6583FF #FF65D0

split-complementary

#FFE165 #65D0FF #9465FF

monochromatic

#EABC00 #FFD528 #FFE165 #FFEDA2 #FFF9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FFE165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#FFE165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE165

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE165	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE66B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.146 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea95',
    500: '#ffe165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe165;
$custom-light: #ffea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.312,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91156,
    "c": 0.14555,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE165

secondary

#2E50DA

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#19160E

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE165

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

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