#FFE591#FFE591

#FFE591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.107 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE591
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 145)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(46, 43%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 43.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.39, -2.15, 44.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.39, 44.17, 92.78°)
OKLab	oklab(92.51% -0.0053 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(92.51% 0.107 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(74.3721, 79.3458, 38.1803)
Luminance	0.7934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE591 #91ABFF

analogous

#FFAE91 #FFE591 #E2FF91

triadic

#FFE591 #91FFE5 #E591FF

tetradic

#FFE591 #91FFAE #91ABFF #FF91E2

square

#FFE591 #91FFAE #91ABFF #FF91E2

split-complementary

#FFE591 #91E2FF #AE91FF

monochromatic

#FFC817 #FFD754 #FFE591 #FFF3CE #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.87

#FFE591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE591

16.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE591	1.00	1.24	16.87	16.87
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E28B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEA94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.107 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb2',
    500: '#ffe591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe591;
$custom-light: #ffedb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9251,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE591

secondary

#5375E1

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE591

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

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