#FFE185#FFE185

#FFE185 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.117 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE185
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 133)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 47.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.23, -1.26, 48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.23, 48.57, 91.49°)
OKLab	oklab(91.54% -0.0038 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(91.54% 0.117 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.4012, 76.8070, 33.1973)
Luminance	0.7680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE185 #85A3FF

analogous

#FFA485 #FFE185 #E0FF85

triadic

#FFE185 #85FFE1 #E185FF

tetradic

#FFE185 #85FFA4 #85A3FF #FF85E0

square

#FFE185 #85FFA4 #85A3FF #FF85E0

split-complementary

#FFE185 #85E0FF #A485FF

monochromatic

#FFC30B #FFD248 #FFE185 #FFF0C2 #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FFE185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#FFE185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE185

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE185	1.00	1.28	16.36	16.36
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.117 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeaaa',
    500: '#ffe185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe185;
$custom-light: #ffeaaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.246,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91544,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE185

secondary

#496EDF

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE185

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

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