#FFE16E#FFE16E

#FFE16E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.138 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE16E
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 110)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 56.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.97, -3.13, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.97, 59.15, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(91.25% -0.0118 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(91.25% 0.138 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.9826, 76.2395, 25.7256)
Luminance	0.7624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE16E #6E8CFF

analogous

#FF996E #FFE16E #D5FF6E

triadic

#FFE16E #6EFFE1 #E16EFF

tetradic

#FFE16E #6EFF99 #6E8CFF #FF6ED5

square

#FFE16E #6EFF99 #6E8CFF #FF6ED5

split-complementary

#FFE16E #6ED5FF #996EFF

monochromatic

#F3C000 #FFD431 #FFE16E #FFEEAB #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FFE16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#FFE16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE16E

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE16E	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.138 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9b',
    500: '#ffe16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe16e;
$custom-light: #ffea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91252,
    "c": 0.13801,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE16E

secondary

#3658DB

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE16E

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

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