#FFE74B#FFE74B

#FFE74B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.169 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE74B
RGB	rgb(255, 231, 75)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 70.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.20, -8.20, 74.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.20, 75.22, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(92.14% -0.0301 0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(92.14% 0.169 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.0892, 78.9231, 18.1444)
Luminance	0.7892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE74B #4B63FF

analogous

#FF8D4B #FFE74B #BDFF4B

triadic

#FFE74B #4BFFE7 #E74BFF

tetradic

#FFE74B #4BFF8D #4B63FF #FF4BBD

square

#FFE74B #4BFF8D #4B63FF #FF4BBD

split-complementary

#FFE74B #4BBDFF #8D4BFF

monochromatic

#D0B400 #FFDF0E #FFE74B #FFEF88 #FFF7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FFE74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#FFE74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE74B

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE74B	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 231, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.169 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffee87',
    500: '#ffe74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe74b;
$custom-light: #ffee87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92135,
    "c": 0.16854,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE74B

secondary

#243ACA

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE74B

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

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