#FFE45C#FFE45C

#FFE45C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.155 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE45C
RGB	rgb(255, 228, 92)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 63.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.56, -5.82, 67.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.56, 67.78, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(91.67% -0.0215 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(91.67% 0.155 98)
XYZ	xyz(70.9183, 77.5228, 21.3510)
Luminance	0.7752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE45C #5C77FF

analogous

#FF925C #FFE45C #C9FF5C

triadic

#FFE45C #5CFFE4 #E45CFF

tetradic

#FFE45C #5CFF92 #5C77FF #FF5CC9

square

#FFE45C #5CFF92 #5C77FF #FF5CC9

split-complementary

#FFE45C #5CC9FF #925CFF

monochromatic

#E1BB00 #FFDA1F #FFE45C #FFEE99 #FFF8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FFE45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#FFE45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE45C

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE45C	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)

#F9DF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 228, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.155 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec90',
    500: '#ffe45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe45c;
$custom-light: #ffec90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.061,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91668,
    "c": 0.15476,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.7752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE45C

secondary

#2644D9

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE45C

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

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