#FFE16D#FFE16D

#FFE16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.139 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE16D
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 57.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.96, -3.21, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.96, 59.59, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(91.24% -0.0121 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(91.24% 0.139 95)
XYZ	xyz(70.9284, 76.2179, 25.4405)
Luminance	0.7621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE16D #6D8BFF

analogous

#FF986D #FFE16D #D4FF6D

triadic

#FFE16D #6DFFE1 #E16DFF

tetradic

#FFE16D #6DFF98 #6D8BFF #FF6DD4

square

#FFE16D #6DFF98 #6D8BFF #FF6DD4

split-complementary

#FFE16D #6DD4FF #986DFF

monochromatic

#F2C000 #FFD430 #FFE16D #FFEEAA #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FFE16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#FFE16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE16D

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE16D	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)

#F5DD61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.139 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9a',
    500: '#ffe16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe16d;
$custom-light: #ffea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91241,
    "c": 0.13888,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.76215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE16D

secondary

#3557DB

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE16D

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

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