#FFE38B#FFE38B

#FFE38B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.112 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE38B
RGB	rgb(255, 227, 139)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(46, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 45.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.81, -1.72, 46.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.81, 46.37, 92.12°)
OKLab	oklab(92.03% -0.0046 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(92.03% 0.112 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.3715, 78.0652, 35.6244)
Luminance	0.7806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE38B #8BA7FF

analogous

#FFA98B #FFE38B #E1FF8B

triadic

#FFE38B #8BFFE3 #E38BFF

tetradic

#FFE38B #8BFFA9 #8BA7FF #FF8BE1

square

#FFE38B #8BFFA9 #8BA7FF #FF8BE1

split-complementary

#FFE38B #8BE1FF #A98BFF

monochromatic

#FFC511 #FFD44E #FFE38B #FFF2C8 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FFE38B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#FFE38B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE38B

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE38B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE38B	1.00	1.26	16.61	16.61
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE88E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe38b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 227, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.112 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffebae',
    500: '#ffe38b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe38b;
$custom-light: #ffebae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe38b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92025,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE38B

secondary

#4E71E0

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE38B

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

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