#FFE265#FFE265

#FFE265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.146 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE265
RGB	rgb(255, 226, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 60.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.14, -4.26, 63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.14, 63.40, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(91.36% -0.016 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(91.36% 0.146 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.7883, 76.5956, 23.3652)
Luminance	0.7659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE265 #6582FF

analogous

#FF9565 #FFE265 #CFFF65

triadic

#FFE265 #65FFE2 #E265FF

tetradic

#FFE265 #65FF95 #6582FF #FF65CF

square

#FFE265 #65FF95 #6582FF #FF65CF

split-complementary

#FFE265 #65CFFF #9565FF

monochromatic

#EABE00 #FFD628 #FFE265 #FFEEA2 #FFF9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FFE265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#FFE265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE265

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE265	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE76B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 226, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.146 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea95',
    500: '#ffe265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe265;
$custom-light: #ffea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.701,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91355,
    "c": 0.14629,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE265

secondary

#2E4EDA

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#19160E

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE265

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

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