#FFEB99#FFEB99

#FFEB99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.830; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.104 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEB99
RGB	rgb(255, 235, 153)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(48, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.01, -4.35, 42.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.01, 42.45, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(93.82% -0.011 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(93.82% 0.104 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(76.6998, 82.9791, 42.1071)
Luminance	0.8298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEB99 #99ADFF

analogous

#FFB899 #FFEB99 #E0FF99

triadic

#FFEB99 #99FFEB #EB99FF

tetradic

#FFEB99 #99FFB8 #99ADFF #FF99E0

square

#FFEB99 #99FFB8 #99ADFF #FF99E0

split-complementary

#FFEB99 #99E0FF #B899FF

monochromatic

#FFD31F #FFDF5C #FFEB99 #FFF7D6 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFEB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.60

#FFEB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEB99

17.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEB99	1.00	1.19	17.60	17.60
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffeb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 235, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.104 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff1b8',
    500: '#ffeb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffeb99;
$custom-light: #fff1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffeb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93823,
    "c": 0.10397,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.82977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEB99

secondary

#5A75E2

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEB99

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

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