#FFE169#FFE169

#FFE169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.142 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE169
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 105)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 58.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.92, -3.49, 61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.92, 61.35, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(91.2% -0.0133 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(91.2% 0.142 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.7180, 76.1337, 24.3322)
Luminance	0.7613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE169 #6987FF

analogous

#FF9669 #FFE169 #D2FF69

triadic

#FFE169 #69FFE1 #E169FF

tetradic

#FFE169 #69FF96 #6987FF #FF69D2

square

#FFE169 #69FF96 #6987FF #FF69D2

split-complementary

#FFE169 #69D2FF #9669FF

monochromatic

#EEBE00 #FFD52C #FFE169 #FFEDA6 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FFE169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#FFE169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE169

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE169	1.00	1.29	16.23	16.23
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE66E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.142 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea98',
    500: '#ffe169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe169;
$custom-light: #ffea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91198,
    "c": 0.14227,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE169

secondary

#3153DB

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#19160E

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE169

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

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