#FFE85A#FFE85A

#FFE85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.159 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE85A
RGB	rgb(255, 232, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 64.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.56, -7.93, 69.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.56, 69.85, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(92.45% -0.0278 0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(92.45% 0.159 100)
XYZ	xyz(71.9451, 79.7146, 21.2677)
Luminance	0.7971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE85A #5A71FF

analogous

#FF955A #FFE85A #C4FF5A

triadic

#FFE85A #5AFFE8 #E85AFF

tetradic

#FFE85A #5AFF95 #5A71FF #FF5AC4

square

#FFE85A #5AFF95 #5A71FF #FF5AC4

split-complementary

#FFE85A #5AC4FF #955AFF

monochromatic

#DFC000 #FFDF1D #FFE85A #FFF197 #FFF9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#FFE85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE85A

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE85A	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 232, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.159 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef8f',
    500: '#ffe85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe85a;
$custom-light: #ffef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.636,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92452,
    "c": 0.15936,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.79711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE85A

secondary

#263FD7

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE85A

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

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