#FEE38B#FEE38B

#FEE38B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.112 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE38B
RGB	rgb(254, 227, 139)
HSL	hsl(46, 98%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(46, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 45.3%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.72, -2.11, 46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.72, 46.26, 92.62°)
OKLab	oklab(91.94% -0.0057 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(91.94% 0.112 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.0045, 77.8760, 35.6072)
Luminance	0.7787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE38B #8BA6FE

analogous

#FEAA8B #FEE38B #E0FE8B

triadic

#FEE38B #8BFEE3 #E38BFE

tetradic

#FEE38B #8BFEAA #8BA6FE #FE8BE0

square

#FEE38B #8BFEAA #8BA6FE #FE8BE0

split-complementary

#FEE38B #8BE0FE #AA8BFE

monochromatic

#FDC612 #FDD44E #FEE38B #FFF2C8 #FFF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FEE38B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#FEE38B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE38B

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE38B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE38B	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE88E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee38b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 227, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.112 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffebae',
    500: '#fee38b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee38b;
$custom-light: #ffebae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee38b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.913,
    "s": 98.291,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91936,
    "c": 0.11185,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE38B

secondary

#4F70DE

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE38B

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

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