#FFE99C#FFE99C

#FFE99C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.819; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.099 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE99C
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 156)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(47, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 38.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.55, -3.03, 40.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.55, 40.26, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(93.48% -0.007 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(93.48% 0.099 94)
XYZ	xyz(76.3813, 81.9407, 43.2387)
Luminance	0.8194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE99C #9CB2FF

analogous

#FFB79C #FFE99C #E3FF9C

triadic

#FFE99C #9CFFE9 #E99CFF

tetradic

#FFE99C #9CFFB7 #9CB2FF #FF9CE3

square

#FFE99C #9CFFB7 #9CB2FF #FF9CE3

split-complementary

#FFE99C #9CE3FF #B79CFF

monochromatic

#FFCE22 #FFDB5F #FFE99C #FFF7D9 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFE99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.39

#FFE99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE99C

17.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE99C	1.00	1.21	17.39	17.39
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEED9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.099 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefba',
    500: '#ffe99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe99c;
$custom-light: #ffefba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93476,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.81938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE99C

secondary

#5D7AE2

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE99C

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

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