#FFE496#FFE496

#FFE496 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.101 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE496
RGB	rgb(255, 228, 150)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(45, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 41.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.21, -1.13, 41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.21, 41.43, 91.57°)
OKLab	oklab(92.39% -0.0019 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(92.39% 0.101 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.4903, 78.9516, 40.1636)
Luminance	0.7895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE496 #96B1FF

analogous

#FFB096 #FFE496 #E6FF96

triadic

#FFE496 #96FFE4 #E496FF

tetradic

#FFE496 #96FFB0 #96B1FF #FF96E6

square

#FFE496 #96FFB0 #96B1FF #FF96E6

split-complementary

#FFE496 #96E6FF #B096FF

monochromatic

#FFC51C #FFD459 #FFE496 #FFF4D3 #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FFE496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.79

#FFE496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE496

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE496	1.00	1.25	16.79	16.79
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 228, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.101 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffecb6',
    500: '#ffe496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe496;
$custom-light: #ffecb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.571,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92393,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE496

secondary

#587BE1

accent

#3BE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE496

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

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