#FFE96F#FFE96F

#FFE96F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.143 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE96F
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 111)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 56.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.99, -7.07, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.99, 61.34, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(92.86% -0.023 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(92.86% 0.143 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(73.2509, 80.6885, 26.7518)
Luminance	0.8069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE96F #6F85FF

analogous

#FFA16F #FFE96F #CDFF6F

triadic

#FFE96F #6FFFE9 #E96FFF

tetradic

#FFE96F #6FFFA1 #6F85FF #FF6FCD

square

#FFE96F #6FFFA1 #6F85FF #FF6FCD

split-complementary

#FFE96F #6FCDFF #A16FFF

monochromatic

#F4CE00 #FFE032 #FFE96F #FFF2AC #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FFE96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.14

#FFE96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE96F

17.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE96F	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)

#FCE363

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.143 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef9c',
    500: '#ffe96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe96f;
$custom-light: #ffef9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92856,
    "c": 0.14349,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.80686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE96F

secondary

#3750DC

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE96F

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

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