#FFE993#FFE993

#FFE993 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.109 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE993
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 147)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 42.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.42, -3.96, 44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.42, 44.62, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(93.33% -0.0104 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(93.33% 0.109 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(75.6472, 81.6471, 39.3728)
Luminance	0.8164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE993 #93A9FF

analogous

#FFB393 #FFE993 #DFFF93

triadic

#FFE993 #93FFE9 #E993FF

tetradic

#FFE993 #93FFB3 #93A9FF #FF93DF

square

#FFE993 #93FFB3 #93A9FF #FF93DF

split-complementary

#FFE993 #93DFFF #B393FF

monochromatic

#FFD019 #FFDD56 #FFE993 #FFF5D0 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFE993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.33

#FFE993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE993

17.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE993	1.00	1.21	17.33	17.33
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E58C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.109 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefb4',
    500: '#ffe993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe993;
$custom-light: #ffefb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.778,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93332,
    "c": 0.10864,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.81644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE993

secondary

#5572E1

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE993

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

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