#FFE196#FFE196

#FFE196 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.099 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE196
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 150)
HSL	hsl(43, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(43, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 41.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.47, 0.39, 40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.47, 40.46, 89.45°)
OKLab	oklab(91.81% 0.0025 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(91.81% 0.099 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(73.6722, 77.3154, 39.8909)
Luminance	0.7731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE196 #96B4FF

analogous

#FFAD96 #FFE196 #E9FF96

triadic

#FFE196 #96FFE1 #E196FF

tetradic

#FFE196 #96FFAD #96B4FF #FF96E9

square

#FFE196 #96FFAD #96B4FF #FF96E9

split-complementary

#FFE196 #96E9FF #AD96FF

monochromatic

#FFBE1C #FFD059 #FFE196 #FFF2D3 #FFF6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FFE196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#FFE196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE196

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE196	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.099 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeab5',
    500: '#ffe196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe196;
$custom-light: #ffeab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91805,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE196

secondary

#587FE1

accent

#42E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE196

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

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