#FFE35C#FFE35C

#FFE35C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.154 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE35C
RGB	rgb(255, 227, 92)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 63.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.31, -5.32, 67.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.31, 67.47, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(91.47% -0.0201 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(91.47% 0.154 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.6440, 76.9742, 21.2596)
Luminance	0.7697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE35C #5C78FF

analogous

#FF915C #FFE35C #CAFF5C

triadic

#FFE35C #5CFFE3 #E35CFF

tetradic

#FFE35C #5CFF91 #5C78FF #FF5CCA

square

#FFE35C #5CFF91 #5C78FF #FF5CCA

split-complementary

#FFE35C #5CCAFF #915CFF

monochromatic

#E1BA00 #FFD81F #FFE35C #FFEE99 #FFF8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FFE35C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#FFE35C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE35C

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE35C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE35C	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe35c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 227, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.154 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeb90',
    500: '#ffe35c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe35c;
$custom-light: #ffeb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe35c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.693,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91468,
    "c": 0.15401,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE35C

secondary

#2645D9

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE35C

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

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