#FFE489#FFE489

#FFE489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.115 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE489
RGB	rgb(255, 228, 137)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(46, 46%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 46.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.03, -2.41, 47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.03, 47.66, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(92.19% -0.0068 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(92.19% 0.115 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.5010, 78.5559, 34.9532)
Luminance	0.7855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE489 #89A4FF

analogous

#FFA989 #FFE489 #DFFF89

triadic

#FFE489 #89FFE4 #E489FF

tetradic

#FFE489 #89FFA9 #89A4FF #FF89DF

square

#FFE489 #89FFA9 #89A4FF #FF89DF

split-complementary

#FFE489 #89DFFF #A989FF

monochromatic

#FFC80F #FFD64C #FFE489 #FFF2C6 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FFE489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.71

#FFE489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE489

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE489	1.00	1.26	16.71	16.71
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE98C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 228, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.115 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffecad',
    500: '#ffe489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe489;
$custom-light: #ffecad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.271,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92193,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE489

secondary

#4D6EE0

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE489

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

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