#FFE68B#FFE68B

#FFE68B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.114 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE68B
RGB	rgb(255, 230, 139)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(47, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 45.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.56, -3.23, 47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.56, 47.39, 93.91°)
OKLab	oklab(92.62% -0.009 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(92.62% 0.114 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.1991, 79.7206, 35.9003)
Luminance	0.7972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE68B #8BA4FF

analogous

#FFAC8B #FFE68B #DEFF8B

triadic

#FFE68B #8BFFE6 #E68BFF

tetradic

#FFE68B #8BFFAC #8BA4FF #FF8BDE

square

#FFE68B #8BFFAC #8BA4FF #FF8BDE

split-complementary

#FFE68B #8BDEFF #AC8BFF

monochromatic

#FFCC11 #FFD94E #FFE68B #FFF3C8 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE68B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#FFE68B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE68B

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE68B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE68B	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEA8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe68b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 230, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.114 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedae',
    500: '#ffe68b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe68b;
$custom-light: #ffedae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe68b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.069,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92617,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE68B

secondary

#4E6EE0

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE68B

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

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