#FFE45B#FFE45B

#FFE45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.156 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE45B
RGB	rgb(255, 228, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 64.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.55, -5.88, 67.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.55, 68.19, 94.94°)
OKLab	oklab(91.66% -0.0218 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(91.66% 0.156 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.8749, 77.5055, 21.1223)
Luminance	0.7750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE45B #5B76FF

analogous

#FF925B #FFE45B #C8FF5B

triadic

#FFE45B #5BFFE4 #E45BFF

tetradic

#FFE45B #5BFF92 #5B76FF #FF5BC8

square

#FFE45B #5BFF92 #5B76FF #FF5BC8

split-complementary

#FFE45B #5BC8FF #925BFF

monochromatic

#E0BB00 #FFDA1E #FFE45B #FFEE98 #FFF8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FFE45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#FFE45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE45B

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE45B	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 228, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.156 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec8f',
    500: '#ffe45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe45b;
$custom-light: #ffec8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.122,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91659,
    "c": 0.15551,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE45B

secondary

#2643D8

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE45B

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

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