#FFE199#FFE199

#FFE199 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.096 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE199
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 153)
HSL	hsl(42, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(42, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.51, 0.70, 39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.51, 39.01, 88.97°)
OKLab	oklab(91.86% 0.0036 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(91.86% 0.096 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.9168, 77.4132, 41.1795)
Luminance	0.7741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE199 #99B7FF

analogous

#FFAE99 #FFE199 #EAFF99

triadic

#FFE199 #99FFE1 #E199FF

tetradic

#FFE199 #99FFAE #99B7FF #FF99EA

square

#FFE199 #99FFAE #99B7FF #FF99EA

split-complementary

#FFE199 #99EAFF #AE99FF

monochromatic

#FFBD1F #FFCF5C #FFE199 #FFF3D6 #FFF6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FFE199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#FFE199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE199

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE199	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.096 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeab8',
    500: '#ffe199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe199;
$custom-light: #ffeab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91855,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE199

secondary

#5A82E2

accent

#43E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE199

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

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