#FFE96C#FFE96C

#FFE96C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.146 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE96C
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 108)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 57.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.96, -7.28, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.96, 62.65, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(92.82% -0.0239 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(92.82% 0.146 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.0884, 80.6236, 25.8964)
Luminance	0.8062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE96C #6C82FF

analogous

#FF9F6C #FFE96C #CCFF6C

triadic

#FFE96C #6CFFE9 #E96CFF

tetradic

#FFE96C #6CFF9F #6C82FF #FF6CCC

square

#FFE96C #6CFF9F #6C82FF #FF6CCC

split-complementary

#FFE96C #6CCCFF #9F6CFF

monochromatic

#F1CD00 #FFE02F #FFE96C #FFF2A9 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FFE96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.12

#FFE96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE96C

17.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE96C	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)

#FDE35F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.146 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef9a',
    500: '#ffe96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe96c;
$custom-light: #ffef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.02,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92824,
    "c": 0.14605,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE96C

secondary

#344DDB

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE96C

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

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