#FEE38E#FEE38E

#FEE38E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.109 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE38E
RGB	rgb(254, 227, 142)
HSL	hsl(46, 98%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(46, 44%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 44.1%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.76, -1.82, 44.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.76, 44.83, 92.33°)
OKLab	oklab(91.98% -0.0046 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(91.98% 0.109 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.2267, 77.9649, 36.7775)
Luminance	0.7796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE38E #8EA9FE

analogous

#FEAB8E #FEE38E #E1FE8E

triadic

#FEE38E #8EFEE3 #E38EFE

tetradic

#FEE38E #8EFEAB #8EA9FE #FE8EE1

square

#FEE38E #8EFEAB #8EA9FE #FE8EE1

split-complementary

#FEE38E #8EE1FE #AB8EFE

monochromatic

#FDC515 #FDD451 #FEE38E #FFF2CB #FFF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FEE38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#FEE38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE38E

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE38E	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 227, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.109 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffebb0',
    500: '#fee38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee38e;
$custom-light: #ffebb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.536,
    "s": 98.246,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91982,
    "c": 0.10877,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE38E

secondary

#5173DF

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE38E

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

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