#FFE840#FFE840

#FFE840 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.175 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE840
RGB	rgb(255, 232, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.39, -9.16, 78.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.39, 79.22, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(92.27% -0.0339 0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(92.27% 0.175 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.0254, 79.3467, 16.4238)
Luminance	0.7934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE840 #4057FF

analogous

#FF8940 #FFE840 #B6FF40

triadic

#FFE840 #40FFE8 #E840FF

tetradic

#FFE840 #40FF89 #4057FF #FF40B6

square

#FFE840 #40FF89 #4057FF #FF40B6

split-complementary

#FFE840 #40B6FF #8940FF

monochromatic

#C5AD00 #FFE103 #FFE840 #FFEF7D #FFF7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.87

#FFE840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE840

16.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE840	1.00	1.24	16.87	16.87
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 232, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.175 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffee81',
    500: '#ffe840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe840;
$custom-light: #ffee81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.775,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92267,
    "c": 0.17548,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE840

secondary

#2235C1

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#19160B

muted

#87847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE840

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

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