#FFE991#FFE991

#FFE991 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.111 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE991
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 145)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(48, 43%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 43.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.39, -4.16, 45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.39, 45.58, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(93.3% -0.0111 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(93.3% 0.111 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(75.4917, 81.5848, 38.5535)
Luminance	0.8158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE991 #91A7FF

analogous

#FFB291 #FFE991 #DEFF91

triadic

#FFE991 #91FFE9 #E991FF

tetradic

#FFE991 #91FFB2 #91A7FF #FF91DE

square

#FFE991 #91FFB2 #91A7FF #FF91DE

split-complementary

#FFE991 #91DEFF #B291FF

monochromatic

#FFD117 #FFDD54 #FFE991 #FFF5CE #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFE991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.32

#FFE991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE991

17.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE991	1.00	1.21	17.32	17.32
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE58A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.111 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefb2',
    500: '#ffe991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe991;
$custom-light: #ffefb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93301,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.81582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE991

secondary

#5370E1

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE991

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

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