#FFE491#FFE491

#FFE491 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.107 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE491
RGB	rgb(255, 228, 145)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(45, 43%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 43.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.14, -1.64, 43.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.14, 43.84, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(92.31% -0.0038 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(92.31% 0.107 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.0963, 78.7940, 38.0883)
Luminance	0.7879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE491 #91ACFF

analogous

#FFAD91 #FFE491 #E3FF91

triadic

#FFE491 #91FFE4 #E491FF

tetradic

#FFE491 #91FFAD #91ACFF #FF91E3

square

#FFE491 #91FFAD #91ACFF #FF91E3

split-complementary

#FFE491 #91E3FF #AD91FF

monochromatic

#FFC617 #FFD554 #FFE491 #FFF3CE #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FFE491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.76

#FFE491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE491

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE491	1.00	1.25	16.76	16.76
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E18B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 228, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.107 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffecb2',
    500: '#ffe491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe491;
$custom-light: #ffecb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.273,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92313,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE491

secondary

#5376E1

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE491

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

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