#FFE96D#FFE96D

#FFE96D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.145 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE96D
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 109)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 57.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.97, -7.21, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.97, 62.22, 96.66°)
OKLab	oklab(92.84% -0.0236 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(92.84% 0.145 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.1420, 80.6450, 26.1783)
Luminance	0.8064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE96D #6D83FF

analogous

#FFA06D #FFE96D #CCFF6D

triadic

#FFE96D #6DFFE9 #E96DFF

tetradic

#FFE96D #6DFFA0 #6D83FF #FF6DCC

square

#FFE96D #6DFFA0 #6D83FF #FF6DCC

split-complementary

#FFE96D #6DCCFF #A06DFF

monochromatic

#F2CD00 #FFE030 #FFE96D #FFF2AA #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FFE96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.13

#FFE96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE96D

17.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE96D	1.00	1.23	17.13	17.13
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.145 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef9b',
    500: '#ffe96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe96d;
$custom-light: #ffef9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.959,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92835,
    "c": 0.1452,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE96D

secondary

#354EDB

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE96D

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

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