#FFE68C#FFE68C

#FFE68C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.113 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE68C
RGB	rgb(255, 230, 140)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(47, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 45.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.57, -3.14, 46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.57, 46.91, 93.83°)
OKLab	oklab(92.63% -0.0086 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(92.63% 0.113 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(74.2725, 79.7499, 36.2868)
Luminance	0.7975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE68C #8CA5FF

analogous

#FFAD8C #FFE68C #DEFF8C

triadic

#FFE68C #8CFFE6 #E68CFF

tetradic

#FFE68C #8CFFAD #8CA5FF #FF8CDE

square

#FFE68C #8CFFAD #8CA5FF #FF8CDE

split-complementary

#FFE68C #8CDEFF #AD8CFF

monochromatic

#FFCB12 #FFD94F #FFE68C #FFF3C9 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE68C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#FFE68C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE68C

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE68C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE68C	1.00	1.24	16.95	16.95
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEA8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe68c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 230, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.113 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedaf',
    500: '#ffe68c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe68c;
$custom-light: #ffedaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe68c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92632,
    "c": 0.11342,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE68C

secondary

#4F6FE0

accent

#32E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE68C

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

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