#FFE399#FFE399

#FFE399 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.097 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE399
RGB	rgb(255, 227, 153)
HSL	hsl(44, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(44, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.01, -0.31, 39.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.01, 39.65, 90.45°)
OKLab	oklab(92.25% 0.0007 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(92.25% 0.097 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(74.4607, 78.5009, 41.3608)
Luminance	0.7850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE399 #99B5FF

analogous

#FFB099 #FFE399 #E8FF99

triadic

#FFE399 #99FFE3 #E399FF

tetradic

#FFE399 #99FFB0 #99B5FF #FF99E8

square

#FFE399 #99FFB0 #99B5FF #FF99E8

split-complementary

#FFE399 #99E8FF #B099FF

monochromatic

#FFC11F #FFD25C #FFE399 #FFF4D6 #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FFE399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#FFE399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE399

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE399	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 227, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.097 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffebb8',
    500: '#ffe399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe399;
$custom-light: #ffebb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.529,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92246,
    "c": 0.09746,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE399

secondary

#5A80E2

accent

#3FE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE399

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

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