#FFE85F#FFE85F

#FFE85F 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	#FFE85F
RGB	rgb(255, 232, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 62.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.60, -7.64, 67.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.60, 67.83, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(92.5% -0.0264 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(92.5% 0.156 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.1652, 79.8026, 22.4265)
Luminance	0.7980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE85F #5F76FF

analogous

#FF985F #FFE85F #C6FF5F

triadic

#FFE85F #5FFFE8 #E85FFF

tetradic

#FFE85F #5FFF98 #5F76FF #FF5FC6

square

#FFE85F #5FFF98 #5F76FF #FF5FC6

split-complementary

#FFE85F #5FC6FF #985FFF

monochromatic

#E4C300 #FFDF22 #FFE85F #FFF19C #FFFAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#FFE85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE85F

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE85F	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)

#FDE24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 232, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.156 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef92',
    500: '#ffe85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe85f;
$custom-light: #ffef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.375,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92496,
    "c": 0.15566,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE85F

secondary

#2942D9

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE85F

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

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