#FFE16A#FFE16A

#FFE16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.141 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE16A
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 106)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 58.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.93, -3.42, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.93, 60.92, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(91.21% -0.013 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(91.21% 0.141 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.7697, 76.1544, 24.6044)
Luminance	0.7615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE16A #6A88FF

analogous

#FF966A #FFE16A #D3FF6A

triadic

#FFE16A #6AFFE1 #E16AFF

tetradic

#FFE16A #6AFF96 #6A88FF #FF6AD3

square

#FFE16A #6AFF96 #6A88FF #FF6AD3

split-complementary

#FFE16A #6AD3FF #966AFF

monochromatic

#EFBF00 #FFD52D #FFE16A #FFEDA7 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FFE16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#FFE16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE16A

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE16A	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)

#F5DD5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE66F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.141 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea98',
    500: '#ffe16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe16a;
$custom-light: #ffea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.919,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91208,
    "c": 0.14143,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE16A

secondary

#3254DB

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#19160E

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE16A

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

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