#FFE996#FFE996

#FFE996 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.817; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.105 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE996
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 150)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(47, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 41.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.46, -3.66, 43.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.46, 43.17, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(93.38% -0.0093 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(93.38% 0.105 95)
XYZ	xyz(75.8857, 81.7425, 40.6288)
Luminance	0.8174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE996 #96ACFF

analogous

#FFB596 #FFE996 #E0FF96

triadic

#FFE996 #96FFE9 #E996FF

tetradic

#FFE996 #96FFB5 #96ACFF #FF96E0

square

#FFE996 #96FFB5 #96ACFF #FF96E0

split-complementary

#FFE996 #96E0FF #B596FF

monochromatic

#FFCF1C #FFDC59 #FFE996 #FFF6D3 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFE996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.35

#FFE996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE996

17.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE996	1.00	1.21	17.35	17.35
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.105 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefb6',
    500: '#ffe996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe996;
$custom-light: #ffefb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.429,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93379,
    "c": 0.10545,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.8174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE996

secondary

#5875E1

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE996

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

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