#FFEB9F#FFEB9F

#FFEB9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.832; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.097 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEB9F
RGB	rgb(255, 235, 159)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(48, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 37.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.09, -3.71, 39.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.09, 39.53, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(93.92% -0.0087 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(93.92% 0.097 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(77.2078, 83.1823, 44.7829)
Luminance	0.8318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEB9F #9FB3FF

analogous

#FFBB9F #FFEB9F #E3FF9F

triadic

#FFEB9F #9FFFEB #EB9FFF

tetradic

#FFEB9F #9FFFBB #9FB3FF #FF9FE3

square

#FFEB9F #9FFFBB #9FB3FF #FF9FE3

split-complementary

#FFEB9F #9FE3FF #BB9FFF

monochromatic

#FFD125 #FFDE62 #FFEB9F #FFF8DC #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFEB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.64

#FFEB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEB9F

17.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEB9F	1.00	1.19	17.64	17.64
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEEA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffeb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 235, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.097 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff1bc',
    500: '#ffeb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffeb9f;
$custom-light: #fff1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffeb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93922,
    "c": 0.09741,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.8318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEB9F

secondary

#5F7BE3

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEB9F

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

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