#FFE240#FFE240

#FFE240 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.171 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE240
RGB	rgb(255, 226, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.87, -6.18, 77.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.87, 77.53, 94.57°)
OKLab	oklab(91.06% -0.0255 0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(91.06% 0.171 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.3653, 76.0264, 15.8704)
Luminance	0.7602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE240 #405DFF

analogous

#FF8240 #FFE240 #BDFF40

triadic

#FFE240 #40FFE2 #E240FF

tetradic

#FFE240 #40FF82 #405DFF #FF40BD

square

#FFE240 #40FF82 #405DFF #FF40BD

split-complementary

#FFE240 #40BDFF #8240FF

monochromatic

#C5A700 #FFD903 #FFE240 #FFEB7D #FFF5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FFE240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#FFE240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE240

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE240	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DC1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 226, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.171 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea80',
    500: '#ffe240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe240;
$custom-light: #ffea80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.89,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91062,
    "c": 0.17108,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE240

secondary

#223AC1

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#19160B

muted

#87847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE240

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

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