#FFE99B#FFE99B

#FFE99B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.819; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.100 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE99B
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 155)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(47, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 39.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.53, -3.13, 40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.53, 40.75, 94.41°)
OKLab	oklab(93.46% -0.0074 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(93.46% 0.1 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(76.2970, 81.9070, 42.7946)
Luminance	0.8190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE99B #9BB1FF

analogous

#FFB79B #FFE99B #E3FF9B

triadic

#FFE99B #9BFFE9 #E99BFF

tetradic

#FFE99B #9BFFB7 #9BB1FF #FF9BE3

square

#FFE99B #9BFFB7 #9BB1FF #FF9BE3

split-complementary

#FFE99B #9BE3FF #B79BFF

monochromatic

#FFCE21 #FFDC5E #FFE99B #FFF6D8 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFE99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.38

#FFE99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE99B

17.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE99B	1.00	1.21	17.38	17.38
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEED9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.100 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefb9',
    500: '#ffe99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe99b;
$custom-light: #ffefb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9346,
    "c": 0.10006,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.81904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE99B

secondary

#5C7AE2

accent

#32E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE99B

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

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