#FFE699#FFE699

#FFE699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.802; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.100 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE699
RGB	rgb(255, 230, 153)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(45, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.75, -1.83, 40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.75, 40.66, 92.58°)
OKLab	oklab(92.84% -0.0037 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(92.84% 0.1 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.2883, 80.1562, 41.6367)
Luminance	0.8015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE699 #99B2FF

analogous

#FFB399 #FFE699 #E5FF99

triadic

#FFE699 #99FFE6 #E699FF

tetradic

#FFE699 #99FFB3 #99B2FF #FF99E5

square

#FFE699 #99FFB3 #99B2FF #FF99E5

split-complementary

#FFE699 #99E5FF #B399FF

monochromatic

#FFC81F #FFD75C #FFE699 #FFF5D6 #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FFE699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.03

#FFE699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE699

17.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE699	1.00	1.23	17.03	17.03
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEB9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 230, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.100 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb8',
    500: '#ffe699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe699;
$custom-light: #ffedb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.294,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92835,
    "c": 0.09975,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.80154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE699

secondary

#5A7CE2

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE699

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

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