#FFE85E#FFE85E

#FFE85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.156 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE85E
RGB	rgb(255, 232, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 63.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.59, -7.70, 67.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.59, 68.24, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(92.49% -0.0267 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(92.49% 0.156 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.1200, 79.7845, 22.1886)
Luminance	0.7978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE85E #5E75FF

analogous

#FF975E #FFE85E #C5FF5E

triadic

#FFE85E #5EFFE8 #E85EFF

tetradic

#FFE85E #5EFF97 #5E75FF #FF5EC5

square

#FFE85E #5EFF97 #5E75FF #FF5EC5

split-complementary

#FFE85E #5EC5FF #975EFF

monochromatic

#E3C200 #FFDF21 #FFE85E #FFF19B #FFF9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#FFE85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE85E

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE85E	1.00	1.24	16.96	16.96
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 232, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.156 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef91',
    500: '#ffe85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe85e;
$custom-light: #ffef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92487,
    "c": 0.15641,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE85E

secondary

#2841D9

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE85E

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

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