#FFE994#FFE994

#FFE994 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.817; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.108 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE994
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 148)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 42%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.43, -3.86, 43.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.43, 44.14, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(93.35% -0.01 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(93.35% 0.108 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.7261, 81.6786, 39.7879)
Luminance	0.8168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE994 #94AAFF

analogous

#FFB494 #FFE994 #DFFF94

triadic

#FFE994 #94FFE9 #E994FF

tetradic

#FFE994 #94FFB4 #94AAFF #FF94DF

square

#FFE994 #94FFB4 #94AAFF #FF94DF

split-complementary

#FFE994 #94DFFF #B494FF

monochromatic

#FFD01A #FFDC57 #FFE994 #FFF6D1 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFE994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.34

#FFE994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE994

17.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE994	1.00	1.21	17.34	17.34
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E58E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.108 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefb4',
    500: '#ffe994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe994;
$custom-light: #ffefb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.664,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93347,
    "c": 0.10758,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.81676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE994

secondary

#5673E1

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE994

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

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