#FFE499#FFE499

#FFE499 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.098 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE499
RGB	rgb(255, 228, 153)
HSL	hsl(44, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(44, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.26, -0.82, 39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.26, 39.98, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(92.44% -0.0008 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(92.44% 0.098 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.7350, 79.0495, 41.4522)
Luminance	0.7905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE499 #99B4FF

analogous

#FFB199 #FFE499 #E7FF99

triadic

#FFE499 #99FFE4 #E499FF

tetradic

#FFE499 #99FFB1 #99B4FF #FF99E7

square

#FFE499 #99FFB1 #99B4FF #FF99E7

split-complementary

#FFE499 #99E7FF #B199FF

monochromatic

#FFC41F #FFD45C #FFE499 #FFF4D6 #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FFE499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.81

#FFE499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE499

16.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE499	1.00	1.25	16.81	16.81
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 228, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.098 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffecb8',
    500: '#ffe499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe499;
$custom-light: #ffecb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.118,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92442,
    "c": 0.0982,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE499

secondary

#5A7EE2

accent

#3DE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE499

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

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