#FFE596#FFE596

#FFE596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.102 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE596
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(45, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 41.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.46, -1.64, 41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.46, 41.77, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(92.59% -0.0034 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(92.59% 0.102 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.7662, 79.5034, 40.2556)
Luminance	0.7950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE596 #96B0FF

analogous

#FFB196 #FFE596 #E5FF96

triadic

#FFE596 #96FFE5 #E596FF

tetradic

#FFE596 #96FFB1 #96B0FF #FF96E5

square

#FFE596 #96FFB1 #96B0FF #FF96E5

split-complementary

#FFE596 #96E5FF #B196FF

monochromatic

#FFC71C #FFD659 #FFE596 #FFF4D3 #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#FFE596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE596

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE596	1.00	1.24	16.90	16.90
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.102 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb6',
    500: '#ffe596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe596;
$custom-light: #ffedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.143,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92589,
    "c": 0.10217,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE596

secondary

#587AE1

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE596

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

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