#FEE38C#FEE38C

#FEE38C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.111 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE38C
RGB	rgb(254, 227, 140)
HSL	hsl(46, 98%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(46, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 44.9%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.74, -2.02, 45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.74, 45.78, 92.52°)
OKLab	oklab(91.95% -0.0053 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(91.95% 0.111 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(73.0779, 77.9053, 35.9937)
Luminance	0.7790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE38C #8CA7FE

analogous

#FEAA8C #FEE38C #E0FE8C

triadic

#FEE38C #8CFEE3 #E38CFE

tetradic

#FEE38C #8CFEAA #8CA7FE #FE8CE0

square

#FEE38C #8CFEAA #8CA7FE #FE8CE0

split-complementary

#FEE38C #8CE0FE #AA8CFE

monochromatic

#FDC513 #FDD44F #FEE38C #FFF2C9 #FFF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FEE38C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#FEE38C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE38C

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE38C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE38C	1.00	1.27	16.58	16.58
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE88F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee38c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 227, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.111 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffebaf',
    500: '#fee38c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee38c;
$custom-light: #ffebaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee38c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 98.276,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91951,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE38C

secondary

#5071DF

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE38C

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

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