#FFE85C#FFE85C

#FFE85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.158 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE85C
RGB	rgb(255, 232, 92)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 63.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.57, -7.81, 68.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.57, 69.05, 96.50°)
OKLab	oklab(92.47% -0.0272 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(92.47% 0.158 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.0314, 79.7491, 21.7221)
Luminance	0.7975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE85C #5C73FF

analogous

#FF965C #FFE85C #C4FF5C

triadic

#FFE85C #5CFFE8 #E85CFF

tetradic

#FFE85C #5CFF96 #5C73FF #FF5CC4

square

#FFE85C #5CFF96 #5C73FF #FF5CC4

split-complementary

#FFE85C #5CC4FF #965CFF

monochromatic

#E1C100 #FFDF1F #FFE85C #FFF199 #FFF9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#FFE85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE85C

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE85C	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)

#FDE24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 232, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.158 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef90',
    500: '#ffe85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe85c;
$custom-light: #ffef90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.534,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92469,
    "c": 0.15791,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE85C

secondary

#2640D9

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE85C

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

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