#FFE99F#FFE99F

#FFE99F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.820; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.096 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE99F
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 159)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(46, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 37.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.59, -2.70, 38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.59, 38.80, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(93.53% -0.0058 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(93.53% 0.096 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(76.6384, 82.0436, 44.5931)
Luminance	0.8204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE99F #9FB5FF

analogous

#FFB99F #FFE99F #E5FF9F

triadic

#FFE99F #9FFFE9 #E99FFF

tetradic

#FFE99F #9FFFB9 #9FB5FF #FF9FE5

square

#FFE99F #9FFFB9 #9FB5FF #FF9FE5

split-complementary

#FFE99F #9FE5FF #B99FFF

monochromatic

#FFCD25 #FFDB62 #FFE99F #FFF7DC #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFE99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.41

#FFE99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE99F

17.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE99F	1.00	1.21	17.41	17.41
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E69A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEDA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.096 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefbc',
    500: '#ffe99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe99f;
$custom-light: #ffefbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93527,
    "c": 0.09568,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.82041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE99F

secondary

#5F7DE3

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE99F

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

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