#FFE96E#FFE96E

#FFE96E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.144 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE96E
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 110)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 56.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.98, -7.14, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.98, 61.78, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(92.85% -0.0233 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(92.85% 0.144 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.1961, 80.6666, 26.4635)
Luminance	0.8066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE96E #6E84FF

analogous

#FFA16E #FFE96E #CCFF6E

triadic

#FFE96E #6EFFE9 #E96EFF

tetradic

#FFE96E #6EFFA1 #6E84FF #FF6ECC

square

#FFE96E #6EFFA1 #6E84FF #FF6ECC

split-complementary

#FFE96E #6ECCFF #A16EFF

monochromatic

#F3CE00 #FFE031 #FFE96E #FFF2AB #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FFE96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.13

#FFE96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE96E

17.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE96E	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)

#FDE362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.144 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef9b',
    500: '#ffe96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe96e;
$custom-light: #ffef9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92846,
    "c": 0.14435,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.80664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE96E

secondary

#364FDB

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE96E

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

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