#FFE16C#FFE16C

#FFE16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.140 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE16C
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 108)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 57.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.95, -3.28, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.95, 60.04, 93.13°)
OKLab	oklab(91.23% -0.0124 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(91.23% 0.14 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.8749, 76.1965, 25.1586)
Luminance	0.7619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE16C #6C8AFF

analogous

#FF976C #FFE16C #D3FF6C

triadic

#FFE16C #6CFFE1 #E16CFF

tetradic

#FFE16C #6CFF97 #6C8AFF #FF6CD3

square

#FFE16C #6CFF97 #6C8AFF #FF6CD3

split-complementary

#FFE16C #6CD3FF #976CFF

monochromatic

#F1BF00 #FFD52F #FFE16C #FFEDA9 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FFE16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#FFE16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE16C

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE16C	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.140 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9a',
    500: '#ffe16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe16c;
$custom-light: #ffea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9123,
    "c": 0.13973,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE16C

secondary

#3456DB

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#19160E

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE16C

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

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