#FFE38E#FFE38E

#FFE38E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.109 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE38E
RGB	rgb(255, 227, 142)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(45, 44%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 44.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.85, -1.43, 44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.85, 44.94, 91.82°)
OKLab	oklab(92.07% -0.0035 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(92.07% 0.109 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.5937, 78.1541, 36.7947)
Luminance	0.7815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE38E #8EAAFF

analogous

#FFAA8E #FFE38E #E2FF8E

triadic

#FFE38E #8EFFE3 #E38EFF

tetradic

#FFE38E #8EFFAA #8EAAFF #FF8EE2

square

#FFE38E #8EFFAA #8EAAFF #FF8EE2

split-complementary

#FFE38E #8EE2FF #AA8EFF

monochromatic

#FFC514 #FFD451 #FFE38E #FFF2CB #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FFE38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#FFE38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE38E

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE38E	1.00	1.26	16.63	16.63
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 227, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.109 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffebb0',
    500: '#ffe38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe38e;
$custom-light: #ffebb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.133,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9207,
    "c": 0.10901,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE38E

secondary

#5174E0

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE38E

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

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