#FFE594#FFE594

#FFE594 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.104 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE594
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 148)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(45, 42%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 42%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.43, -1.84, 42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.43, 42.73, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(92.56% -0.0042 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(92.56% 0.104 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(74.6065, 79.4395, 39.4147)
Luminance	0.7944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE594 #94AEFF

analogous

#FFB094 #FFE594 #E3FF94

triadic

#FFE594 #94FFE5 #E594FF

tetradic

#FFE594 #94FFB0 #94AEFF #FF94E3

square

#FFE594 #94FFB0 #94AEFF #FF94E3

split-complementary

#FFE594 #94E3FF #B094FF

monochromatic

#FFC71A #FFD657 #FFE594 #FFF4D1 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE594 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.89

#FFE594 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE594

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE594	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE594	1.00	1.24	16.89	16.89
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E28E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEA97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe594;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.104 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb4',
    500: '#ffe594',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe594;
$custom-light: #ffedb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe594",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.421,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92557,
    "c": 0.10429,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE594

secondary

#5678E1

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE594

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

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