#FFE549#FFE549

#FFE549 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.168 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE549
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 71.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.68, -7.30, 74.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.68, 75.33, 95.56°)
OKLab	oklab(91.72% -0.0278 0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(91.72% 0.168 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.4653, 77.7830, 17.6040)
Luminance	0.7778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE549 #4963FF

analogous

#FF8A49 #FFE549 #BEFF49

triadic

#FFE549 #49FFE5 #E549FF

tetradic

#FFE549 #49FF8A #4963FF #FF49BE

square

#FFE549 #49FF8A #4963FF #FF49BE

split-complementary

#FFE549 #49BEFF #8A49FF

monochromatic

#CEB000 #FFDC0C #FFE549 #FFEE86 #FFF6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FFE549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#FFE549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE549

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE549	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBDF2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.168 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec85',
    500: '#ffe549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe549;
$custom-light: #ffec85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9172,
    "c": 0.16822,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE549

secondary

#233BC9

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE549

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

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