#FFEB5E#FFEB5E

#FFEB5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.815; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.159 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEB5E
RGB	rgb(255, 235, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 63.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.35, -9.18, 68.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.35, 69.23, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(93.09% -0.0309 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(93.09% 0.159 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.9717, 81.4879, 22.4725)
Luminance	0.8148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEB5E #5E72FF

analogous

#FF9A5E #FFEB5E #C2FF5E

triadic

#FFEB5E #5EFFEB #EB5EFF

tetradic

#FFEB5E #5EFF9A #5E72FF #FF5EC2

square

#FFEB5E #5EFF9A #5E72FF #FF5EC2

split-complementary

#FFEB5E #5EC2FF #9A5EFF

monochromatic

#E3C600 #FFE321 #FFEB5E #FFF39B #FFFAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFEB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.30

#FFEB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEB5E

17.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEB5E	1.00	1.21	17.30	17.30
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffeb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 235, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.159 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff192',
    500: '#ffeb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffeb5e;
$custom-light: #fff192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffeb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.547,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9309,
    "c": 0.15888,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.81485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEB5E

secondary

#283ED9

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEB5E

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

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