#FFE16F#FFE16F

#FFE16F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.137 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE16F
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 111)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 56.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.98, -3.06, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.98, 58.70, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(91.26% -0.0114 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(91.26% 0.137 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.0373, 76.2614, 26.0140)
Luminance	0.7626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE16F #6F8DFF

analogous

#FF996F #FFE16F #D5FF6F

triadic

#FFE16F #6FFFE1 #E16FFF

tetradic

#FFE16F #6FFF99 #6F8DFF #FF6FD5

square

#FFE16F #6FFF99 #6F8DFF #FF6FD5

split-complementary

#FFE16F #6FD5FF #996FFF

monochromatic

#F4C100 #FFD432 #FFE16F #FFEEAC #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FFE16F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#FFE16F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE16F

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE16F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE16F	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)

#F5DD64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.137 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9b',
    500: '#ffe16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe16f;
$custom-light: #ffea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91264,
    "c": 0.13715,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE16F

secondary

#3759DC

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE16F

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

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