#FFE590#FFE590

#FFE590 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.108 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE590
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 144)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(46, 44%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 43.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.38, -2.24, 44.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.38, 44.65, 92.88°)
OKLab	oklab(92.5% -0.0057 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(92.5% 0.108 93)
XYZ	xyz(74.2954, 79.3151, 37.7760)
Luminance	0.7931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE590 #90AAFF

analogous

#FFAD90 #FFE590 #E1FF90

triadic

#FFE590 #90FFE5 #E590FF

tetradic

#FFE590 #90FFAD #90AAFF #FF90E1

square

#FFE590 #90FFAD #90AAFF #FF90E1

split-complementary

#FFE590 #90E1FF #AD90FF

monochromatic

#FFC816 #FFD753 #FFE590 #FFF3CD #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FFE590 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.86

#FFE590 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE590

16.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE590	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE590	1.00	1.25	16.86	16.86
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEA93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe590;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.108 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb1',
    500: '#ffe590',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe590;
$custom-light: #ffedb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe590",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.946,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92495,
    "c": 0.10849,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.79312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE590

secondary

#5374E1

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE590

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

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