#FFE796#FFE796

#FFE796 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.104 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE796
RGB	rgb(255, 231, 150)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(46, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 41.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.96, -2.65, 42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.96, 42.46, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(92.98% -0.0063 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(92.98% 0.104 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(75.3228, 80.6165, 40.4411)
Luminance	0.8061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE796 #96AEFF

analogous

#FFB396 #FFE796 #E2FF96

triadic

#FFE796 #96FFE7 #E796FF

tetradic

#FFE796 #96FFB3 #96AEFF #FF96E2

square

#FFE796 #96FFB3 #96AEFF #FF96E2

split-complementary

#FFE796 #96E2FF #B396FF

monochromatic

#FFCB1C #FFD959 #FFE796 #FFF5D3 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FFE796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.12

#FFE796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE796

17.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE796	1.00	1.23	17.12	17.12
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 231, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.104 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeeb6',
    500: '#ffe796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe796;
$custom-light: #ffeeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92983,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE796

secondary

#5877E1

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE796

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

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