#FFED96#FFED96

#FFED96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.840; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.109 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFED96
RGB	rgb(255, 237, 150)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(50, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 41.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.46, -5.66, 44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.46, 44.66, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(94.17% -0.0151 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(94.17% 0.109 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(77.0309, 84.0329, 41.0105)
Luminance	0.8403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFED96 #96A8FF

analogous

#FFB996 #FFED96 #DDFF96

triadic

#FFED96 #96FFED #ED96FF

tetradic

#FFED96 #96FFB9 #96A8FF #FF96DD

square

#FFED96 #96FFB9 #96A8FF #FF96DD

split-complementary

#FFED96 #96DDFF #B996FF

monochromatic

#FFD81C #FFE359 #FFED96 #FFF7D3 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFED96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.81

#FFED96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFED96

17.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFED96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFED96	1.00	1.18	17.81	17.81
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE88F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffed96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 237, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.109 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b6',
    500: '#ffed96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffed96;
$custom-light: #fff2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffed96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94172,
    "c": 0.10901,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.8403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFED96

secondary

#586FE1

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFED96

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

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