#FFE74C#FFE74C

#FFE74C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.168 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE74C
RGB	rgb(255, 231, 76)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 70.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.21, -8.16, 74.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.21, 74.86, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(92.14% -0.0299 0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(92.14% 0.168 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.1237, 78.9369, 18.3261)
Luminance	0.7893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE74C #4C64FF

analogous

#FF8D4C #FFE74C #BEFF4C

triadic

#FFE74C #4CFFE7 #E74CFF

tetradic

#FFE74C #4CFF8D #4C64FF #FF4CBE

square

#FFE74C #4CFF8D #4C64FF #FF4CBE

split-complementary

#FFE74C #4CBEFF #8D4CFF

monochromatic

#D1B500 #FFDF0F #FFE74C #FFEF89 #FFF7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FFE74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.79

#FFE74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE74C

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE74C	1.00	1.25	16.79	16.79
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 231, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.168 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffee87',
    500: '#ffe74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe74c;
$custom-light: #ffee87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.955,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92142,
    "c": 0.16792,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE74C

secondary

#243ACB

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE74C

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

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