#FFE44A#FFE44A

#FFE44A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.167 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE44A
RGB	rgb(255, 228, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 71%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.43, -6.76, 74.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.43, 74.69, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(91.53% -0.0261 0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(91.53% 0.167 99)
XYZ	xyz(70.2228, 77.2446, 17.6881)
Luminance	0.7724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE44A #4A65FF

analogous

#FF8A4A #FFE44A #BFFF4A

triadic

#FFE44A #4AFFE4 #E44AFF

tetradic

#FFE44A #4AFF8A #4A65FF #FF4ABF

square

#FFE44A #4AFF8A #4A65FF #FF4ABF

split-complementary

#FFE44A #4ABFFF #8A4AFF

monochromatic

#CFB000 #FFDB0D #FFE44A #FFED87 #FFF6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FFE44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#FFE44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE44A

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE44A	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADE31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 228, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.167 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec86',
    500: '#ffe44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe44a;
$custom-light: #ffec86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.05,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91526,
    "c": 0.16688,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.77241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE44A

secondary

#243CCA

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE44A

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

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