#FFE299#FFE299

#FFE299 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.097 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE299
RGB	rgb(255, 226, 153)
HSL	hsl(43, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(43, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.76, 0.19, 39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.76, 39.33, 89.72°)
OKLab	oklab(92.05% 0.0022 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(92.05% 0.097 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.1880, 77.9555, 41.2699)
Luminance	0.7795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE299 #99B6FF

analogous

#FFAF99 #FFE299 #E9FF99

triadic

#FFE299 #99FFE2 #E299FF

tetradic

#FFE299 #99FFAF #99B6FF #FF99E9

square

#FFE299 #99FFAF #99B6FF #FF99E9

split-complementary

#FFE299 #99E9FF #AF99FF

monochromatic

#FFBF1F #FFD15C #FFE299 #FFF3D6 #FFF6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FFE299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#FFE299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE299

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE299	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)

#F2E094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 226, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.097 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffebb8',
    500: '#ffe299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe299;
$custom-light: #ffebb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.941,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9205,
    "c": 0.09673,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE299

secondary

#5A81E2

accent

#41E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE299

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

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