#FFE85B#FFE85B

#FFE85B 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 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE85B
RGB	rgb(255, 232, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 64.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.56, -7.87, 69.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.56, 69.45, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(92.46% -0.0275 0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(92.46% 0.159 100)
XYZ	xyz(71.9880, 79.7317, 21.4934)
Luminance	0.7973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE85B #5B72FF

analogous

#FF965B #FFE85B #C4FF5B

triadic

#FFE85B #5BFFE8 #E85BFF

tetradic

#FFE85B #5BFF96 #5B72FF #FF5BC4

square

#FFE85B #5BFF96 #5B72FF #FF5BC4

split-complementary

#FFE85B #5BC4FF #965BFF

monochromatic

#E0C000 #FFDF1E #FFE85B #FFF198 #FFF9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#FFE85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE85B

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE85B	1.00	1.24	16.95	16.95
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 232, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.159 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef90',
    500: '#ffe85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe85b;
$custom-light: #ffef90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.585,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9246,
    "c": 0.15863,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.79729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE85B

secondary

#263FD8

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE85B

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

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