#FFE940#FFE940

#FFE940 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.176 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE940
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.64, -9.66, 78.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.64, 79.52, 96.98°)
OKLab	oklab(92.47% -0.0353 0.1727)
OKLCH	oklch(92.47% 0.176 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.3077, 79.9113, 16.5179)
Luminance	0.7991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE940 #4056FF

analogous

#FF8940 #FFE940 #B5FF40

triadic

#FFE940 #40FFE9 #E940FF

tetradic

#FFE940 #40FF89 #4056FF #FF40B5

square

#FFE940 #40FF89 #4056FF #FF40B5

split-complementary

#FFE940 #40B5FF #8940FF

monochromatic

#C5AE00 #FFE203 #FFE940 #FFF07D #FFF7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.98

#FFE940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE940

16.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE940	1.00	1.24	16.98	16.98
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE21B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.176 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef81',
    500: '#ffe940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe940;
$custom-light: #ffef81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.089,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92469,
    "c": 0.17625,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE940

secondary

#2234C1

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FFFEF2

border

#D7D6CC

text

#19160B

muted

#87857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE940

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

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