#FFE99E

sRGB: 255 / 233 / 158
Color name: Rise and Shine

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Immortal legends cascade across forgotten valleys
Rising tides transcend the limits of dreams

The hex code for Rise and Shine is #FFE99E. It belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 233 green and 158 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 46.4° lands in the yellow region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 81.0% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (17.40:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 233, 158
HSL: 46.39°, 100.00%, 80.98%
HSV / HSB: 46.39°, 38.04%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 8.63%, 38.04%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 76.548, 82.008, 44.146
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 92.578, -2.813, 39.188
WCAG relative luminance: 0.82006
24-bit decimal: 16771486

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #FFE99E in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 17.40:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.21:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#9EB4FF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFE99E on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#FFE99E #9EB4FF

Analogous

#FFB99E and #E4FF9E sit 30° to either side of #FFE99E. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#FFB99E #FFE99E #E4FF9E

Triadic

#FFE99E, #9EFFE9 and #E99EFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFE99E #9EFFE9 #E99EFF

Split complementary

Start at #FFE99E and look across the wheel. #9EE4FF and #B99EFF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFE99E #9EE4FF #B99EFF

Square

Starting with #FFE99E, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #9EFFB9, #9EB4FF, then #FF9EE5. Across the square, #FFE99E pairs with #9EB4FF, and #9EFFB9 with #FF9EE5.

#FFE99E #9EFFB9 #9EB4FF #FF9EE5

Tetradic

#FFE99E and #9EB4FF are opposites, as are #B4FF9E and #E99EFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFE99E #B4FF9E #9EB4FF #E99EFF

Tints

Mixing #FFE99E with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFEDB1, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFFBEC, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFE99E #FFEDB1 #FFF2C5 #FFF6D8 #FFFBEC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFE99E with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCBA7E, keeps 80% of the original. By #332F20, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFE99E #CCBA7E #998C5F #665D3F #332F20 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFE99E with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6D498, keeps 80% of the original. By #999586, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFE99E #E6D498 #CCBF92 #B3AA8C #999586 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#FFE99E

RGB

rgb(255 233 158)

HSL

hsl(46.392 100.000% 80.980%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FFE99E;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFE99E uses 255 red, 233 green and 158 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 91.4%

Blue 62.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFE99E is 0.0% cyan, 8.6% magenta, 38.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 8.6%

Yellow 38.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFEE99. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FE9 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FFE99E when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFF99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FFEE99 Nearest web-safe: #FFFF99

Gradient to complement

#FFE99E #EFE0AE #DFD7BE #CFCFCF #BEC6DF #AEBDEF #9EB4FF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFE99E appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#F8E699

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#FEEDA1

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FFDED6

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FBE89B

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FEEB9F

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FFE6B5

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#EAEAEA

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#F5E9C9

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 1.00000 G 0.81485 B 0.34191

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.98541 G 0.91676 B 0.65564

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.96713 G 0.82099 B 0.38740

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.378 y 0.405 Y 82.008

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 0.000 M % 8.627 Y % 38.039

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11111111 11101001 10011110