#ffe140

Color #ffe140

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Gold #ffd700 · ΔE 11.09 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ffe140

RGB

rgb(255, 225, 64)

HSL

hsl(50.6, 100%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(50.6, 74.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 74.9%, 0%)

LAB

lab(89.62, -5.68, 77.05)

LCH

lch(89.62, 77.26, 94.22)

OKLCH

oklch(90.9%, 0.1704, 98.1)

HWB

hwb(50.6, 25.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#405eff

Analogous

#ff8140

#ffe140

#bdff40

Triadic

#ffe140

#40ffe1

#e140ff

Split-complementary

#ffe140

#40bdff

#8140ff

Tetradic

#ffe140

#5eff40

#405eff

#e140ff

Square

#ffe140

#40ff81

#405eff

#ff40bd

Shades

Color #ffe140 mixed toward black.

#ffd90b

#d5b300

#9f8600

#6a5a00

#352d00

Tints

Color #ffe140 mixed toward white.

#ffe660

#ffeb80

#fff09f

#fff5bf

#fffadf

Tones

Color #ffe140 mixed toward gray.

#efd650

#dfcb60

#cfc070

#bfb580

#afaa8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f3f281 · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#f4f78c · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#fea1a7 · ΔE 45.4

Achromatopsia

#e1e1e1 · ΔE 28.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ffe140;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ffe140]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#ffe140 (#ffe140) is rgb(255, 225, 64) in RGB.

No, #ffe140 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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