#FFE685#FFE685

#FFE685 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.120 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE685
RGB	rgb(255, 230, 133)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(48, 48%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 47.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.48, -3.78, 50.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.48, 50.23, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(92.53% -0.0112 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(92.53% 0.12 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.7727, 79.5500, 33.6545)
Luminance	0.7955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE685 #859EFF

analogous

#FFA985 #FFE685 #DBFF85

triadic

#FFE685 #85FFE6 #E685FF

tetradic

#FFE685 #85FFA9 #859EFF #FF85DB

square

#FFE685 #85FFA9 #859EFF #FF85DB

split-complementary

#FFE685 #85DBFF #A985FF

monochromatic

#FFCD0B #FFD948 #FFE685 #FFF3C2 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.91

#FFE685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE685

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE685	1.00	1.24	16.91	16.91
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E27D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEA89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 230, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.120 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedaa',
    500: '#ffe685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe685;
$custom-light: #ffedaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92532,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE685

secondary

#4968DF

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE685

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

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