#FFED99#FFED99

#FFED99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.841; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.106 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFED99
RGB	rgb(255, 237, 153)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(49, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.51, -5.35, 42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.51, 43.20, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(94.22% -0.0139 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(94.22% 0.106 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(77.2756, 84.1307, 42.2991)
Luminance	0.8413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFED99 #99ABFF

analogous

#FFBA99 #FFED99 #DEFF99

triadic

#FFED99 #99FFED #ED99FF

tetradic

#FFED99 #99FFBA #99ABFF #FF99DE

square

#FFED99 #99FFBA #99ABFF #FF99DE

split-complementary

#FFED99 #99DEFF #BA99FF

monochromatic

#FFD71F #FFE25C #FFED99 #FFF8D6 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFED99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.83

#FFED99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFED99

17.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFED99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFED99	1.00	1.18	17.83	17.83
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffed99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 237, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.106 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b8',
    500: '#ffed99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffed99;
$custom-light: #fff2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffed99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9422,
    "c": 0.10578,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.84128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFED99

secondary

#5A72E2

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFED99

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

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