#FFE16B#FFE16B

#FFE16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.141 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE16B
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 107)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 58%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.94, -3.35, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.94, 60.48, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(91.22% -0.0127 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(91.22% 0.141 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.8220, 76.1753, 24.8799)
Luminance	0.7617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE16B #6B89FF

analogous

#FF976B #FFE16B #D3FF6B

triadic

#FFE16B #6BFFE1 #E16BFF

tetradic

#FFE16B #6BFF97 #6B89FF #FF6BD3

square

#FFE16B #6BFF97 #6B89FF #FF6BD3

split-complementary

#FFE16B #6BD3FF #976BFF

monochromatic

#F0BF00 #FFD52E #FFE16B #FFEDA8 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FFE16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#FFE16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE16B

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE16B	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)

#F5DD5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.141 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea99',
    500: '#ffe16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe16b;
$custom-light: #ffea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.838,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91219,
    "c": 0.14059,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE16B

secondary

#3355DB

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#19160E

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE16B

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

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