#FFE99E#FFE99E

#FFE99E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.820; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.097 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE99E
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 158)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(46, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 38%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.58, -2.81, 39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.58, 39.29, 94.10°)
OKLab	oklab(93.51% -0.0062 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(93.51% 0.097 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(76.5520, 82.0090, 44.1380)
Luminance	0.8201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE99E #9EB4FF

analogous

#FFB89E #FFE99E #E4FF9E

triadic

#FFE99E #9EFFE9 #E99EFF

tetradic

#FFE99E #9EFFB8 #9EB4FF #FF9EE4

square

#FFE99E #9EFFB8 #9EB4FF #FF9EE4

split-complementary

#FFE99E #9EE4FF #B89EFF

monochromatic

#FFCD24 #FFDB61 #FFE99E #FFF7DB #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFE99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.40

#FFE99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE99E

17.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE99E	1.00	1.21	17.40	17.40
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEDA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.097 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefbb',
    500: '#ffe99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe99e;
$custom-light: #ffefbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.392,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9351,
    "c": 0.09678,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.82006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE99E

secondary

#5F7CE3

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE99E

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

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