#FFE495#FFE495

#FFE495 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.102 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE495
RGB	rgb(255, 228, 149)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(45, 42%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 41.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.20, -1.24, 41.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.20, 41.91, 91.69°)
OKLab	oklab(92.38% -0.0023 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(92.38% 0.102 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(74.4101, 78.9196, 39.7414)
Luminance	0.7892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE495 #95B0FF

analogous

#FFAF95 #FFE495 #E5FF95

triadic

#FFE495 #95FFE4 #E495FF

tetradic

#FFE495 #95FFAF #95B0FF #FF95E5

square

#FFE495 #95FFAF #95B0FF #FF95E5

split-complementary

#FFE495 #95E5FF #AF95FF

monochromatic

#FFC51B #FFD458 #FFE495 #FFF4D2 #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FFE495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#FFE495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE495

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE495	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E18F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 228, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.102 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffecb5',
    500: '#ffe495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe495;
$custom-light: #ffecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.717,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92377,
    "c": 0.10246,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE495

secondary

#577AE1

accent

#3AE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE495

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

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