#FFE696#FFE696

#FFE696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.103 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE696
RGB	rgb(255, 230, 150)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(46, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 41.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.71, -2.14, 42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.71, 42.11, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(92.79% -0.0049 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(92.79% 0.103 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.0437, 80.0584, 40.3481)
Luminance	0.8006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE696 #96AFFF

analogous

#FFB296 #FFE696 #E4FF96

triadic

#FFE696 #96FFE6 #E696FF

tetradic

#FFE696 #96FFB2 #96AFFF #FF96E4

square

#FFE696 #96FFB2 #96AFFF #FF96E4

split-complementary

#FFE696 #96E4FF #B296FF

monochromatic

#FFC91C #FFD759 #FFE696 #FFF5D3 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FFE696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.01

#FFE696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE696

17.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE696	1.00	1.23	17.01	17.01
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 230, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.103 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb6',
    500: '#ffe696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe696;
$custom-light: #ffedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92786,
    "c": 0.10297,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.80056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE696

secondary

#5879E1

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE696

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

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