#FFE65C#FFE65C

#FFE65C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.156 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE65C
RGB	rgb(255, 230, 92)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 63.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.07, -6.82, 68.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.07, 68.41, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(92.07% -0.0244 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(92.07% 0.156 99)
XYZ	xyz(71.4717, 78.6296, 21.5355)
Luminance	0.7863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE65C #5C75FF

analogous

#FF955C #FFE65C #C6FF5C

triadic

#FFE65C #5CFFE6 #E65CFF

tetradic

#FFE65C #5CFF95 #5C75FF #FF5CC6

square

#FFE65C #5CFF95 #5C75FF #FF5CC6

split-complementary

#FFE65C #5CC6FF #955CFF

monochromatic

#E1BE00 #FFDD1F #FFE65C #FFEF99 #FFF9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FFE65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.73

#FFE65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE65C

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE65C	1.00	1.26	16.73	16.73
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 230, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.156 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffed90',
    500: '#ffe65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe65c;
$custom-light: #ffed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.798,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92068,
    "c": 0.15631,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.78626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE65C

secondary

#2642D9

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE65C

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

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