#FFE99A#FFE99A

#FFE99A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.819; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.101 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE99A
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 154)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(47, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 39.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.52, -3.24, 41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.52, 41.23, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(93.44% -0.0077 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(93.44% 0.101 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(76.2133, 81.8735, 42.3541)
Luminance	0.8187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE99A #9AB0FF

analogous

#FFB79A #FFE99A #E2FF9A

triadic

#FFE99A #9AFFE9 #E99AFF

tetradic

#FFE99A #9AFFB7 #9AB0FF #FF9AE2

square

#FFE99A #9AFFB7 #9AB0FF #FF9AE2

split-complementary

#FFE99A #9AE2FF #B79AFF

monochromatic

#FFCE20 #FFDC5D #FFE99A #FFF6D7 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFE99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.37

#FFE99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE99A

17.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE99A	1.00	1.21	17.37	17.37
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEED9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.101 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefb8',
    500: '#ffe99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe99a;
$custom-light: #ffefb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.931,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93443,
    "c": 0.10115,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.81871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE99A

secondary

#5B79E2

accent

#32E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE99A

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

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