#FFE74D#FFE74D

#FFE74D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.167 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE74D
RGB	rgb(255, 231, 77)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 69.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.21, -8.11, 74.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.21, 74.50, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(92.15% -0.0297 0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(92.15% 0.167 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.1587, 78.9509, 18.5106)
Luminance	0.7895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE74D #4D65FF

analogous

#FF8E4D #FFE74D #BEFF4D

triadic

#FFE74D #4DFFE7 #E74DFF

tetradic

#FFE74D #4DFF8E #4D65FF #FF4DBE

square

#FFE74D #4DFF8E #4D65FF #FF4DBE

split-complementary

#FFE74D #4DBEFF #8E4DFF

monochromatic

#D2B500 #FFDF10 #FFE74D #FFEF8A #FFF8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FFE74D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.79

#FFE74D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE74D

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE74D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE74D	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)

#FDE135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe74d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 231, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.167 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffee88',
    500: '#ffe74d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe74d;
$custom-light: #ffee88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe74d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.91,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92149,
    "c": 0.1673,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE74D

secondary

#243BCC

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE74D

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

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