#FFE99D#FFE99D

#FFE99D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.820; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.098 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE99D
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 157)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(47, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 38.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.56, -2.92, 39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.56, 39.77, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(93.49% -0.0066 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(93.49% 0.098 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(76.4663, 81.9747, 43.6865)
Luminance	0.8197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE99D #9DB3FF

analogous

#FFB89D #FFE99D #E4FF9D

triadic

#FFE99D #9DFFE9 #E99DFF

tetradic

#FFE99D #9DFFB8 #9DB3FF #FF9DE4

square

#FFE99D #9DFFB8 #9DB3FF #FF9DE4

split-complementary

#FFE99D #9DE4FF #B89DFF

monochromatic

#FFCE23 #FFDB60 #FFE99D #FFF7DA #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFE99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.39

#FFE99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE99D

17.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE99D	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)

#F8E697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEDA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.098 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefba',
    500: '#ffe99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe99d;
$custom-light: #ffefba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93493,
    "c": 0.09787,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.81972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE99D

secondary

#5E7BE3

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE99D

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

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