#FFE896#FFE896

#FFE896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.812; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.105 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE896
RGB	rgb(255, 232, 150)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(47, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 41.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.21, -3.15, 42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.21, 42.81, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(93.18% -0.0078 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(93.18% 0.105 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.6034, 81.1779, 40.5347)
Luminance	0.8117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE896 #96ADFF

analogous

#FFB496 #FFE896 #E2FF96

triadic

#FFE896 #96FFE8 #E896FF

tetradic

#FFE896 #96FFB4 #96ADFF #FF96E2

square

#FFE896 #96FFB4 #96ADFF #FF96E2

split-complementary

#FFE896 #96E2FF #B496FF

monochromatic

#FFCD1C #FFDB59 #FFE896 #FFF5D3 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFE896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.24

#FFE896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE896

17.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE896	1.00	1.22	17.24	17.24
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 232, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.105 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefb6',
    500: '#ffe896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe896;
$custom-light: #ffefb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.857,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93181,
    "c": 0.1046,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.81175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE896

secondary

#5876E1

accent

#32E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE896

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

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