#FFE799#FFE799

#FFE799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.101 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE799
RGB	rgb(255, 231, 153)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(46, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.00, -2.34, 40.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.00, 41.01, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(93.03% -0.0052 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(93.03% 0.101 93)
XYZ	xyz(75.5674, 80.7144, 41.7297)
Luminance	0.8071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE799 #99B1FF

analogous

#FFB499 #FFE799 #E4FF99

triadic

#FFE799 #99FFE7 #E799FF

tetradic

#FFE799 #99FFB4 #99B1FF #FF99E4

square

#FFE799 #99FFB4 #99B1FF #FF99E4

split-complementary

#FFE799 #99E4FF #B499FF

monochromatic

#FFCA1F #FFD95C #FFE799 #FFF5D6 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FFE799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.14

#FFE799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE799

17.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE799	1.00	1.23	17.14	17.14
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 231, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.101 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeeb8',
    500: '#ffe799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe799;
$custom-light: #ffeeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93032,
    "c": 0.10055,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.80712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE799

secondary

#5A7AE2

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE799

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

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