#FFE38C#FFE38C

#FFE38C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.111 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE38C
RGB	rgb(255, 227, 140)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(45, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 45.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.82, -1.62, 45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.82, 45.90, 92.03°)
OKLab	oklab(92.04% -0.0042 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(92.04% 0.111 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(73.4449, 78.0946, 36.0109)
Luminance	0.7809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE38C #8CA8FF

analogous

#FFA98C #FFE38C #E2FF8C

triadic

#FFE38C #8CFFE3 #E38CFF

tetradic

#FFE38C #8CFFA9 #8CA8FF #FF8CE2

square

#FFE38C #8CFFA9 #8CA8FF #FF8CE2

split-complementary

#FFE38C #8CE2FF #A98CFF

monochromatic

#FFC512 #FFD44F #FFE38C #FFF2C9 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FFE38C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.62

#FFE38C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE38C

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE38C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE38C	1.00	1.26	16.62	16.62
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE88F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe38c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 227, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.111 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffebaf',
    500: '#ffe38c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe38c;
$custom-light: #ffebaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe38c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.391,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9204,
    "c": 0.11106,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE38C

secondary

#4F72E0

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE38C

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

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