#FFE85D#FFE85D

#FFE85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.157 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE85D
RGB	rgb(255, 232, 93)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 63.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.58, -7.75, 68.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.58, 68.65, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(92.48% -0.0269 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(92.48% 0.157 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.0754, 79.7667, 21.9538)
Luminance	0.7976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE85D #5D74FF

analogous

#FF975D #FFE85D #C5FF5D

triadic

#FFE85D #5DFFE8 #E85DFF

tetradic

#FFE85D #5DFF97 #5D74FF #FF5DC5

square

#FFE85D #5DFF97 #5D74FF #FF5DC5

split-complementary

#FFE85D #5DC5FF #975DFF

monochromatic

#E2C200 #FFDF20 #FFE85D #FFF19A #FFF9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#FFE85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE85D

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE85D	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)

#FDE24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 232, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.157 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef91',
    500: '#ffe85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe85d;
$custom-light: #ffef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.481,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92478,
    "c": 0.15716,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE85D

secondary

#2740D9

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE85D

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

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