#FFE49C#FFE49C

#FFE49C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.095 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE49C
RGB	rgb(255, 228, 156)
HSL	hsl(44, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(44, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 38.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.30, -0.50, 38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.30, 38.53, 90.74°)
OKLab	oklab(92.49% 0.0004 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(92.49% 0.095 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(74.9859, 79.1499, 42.7736)
Luminance	0.7915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE49C #9CB7FF

analogous

#FFB29C #FFE49C #E9FF9C

triadic

#FFE49C #9CFFE4 #E49CFF

tetradic

#FFE49C #9CFFB2 #9CB7FF #FF9CE9

square

#FFE49C #9CFFB2 #9CB7FF #FF9CE9

split-complementary

#FFE49C #9CE9FF #B29CFF

monochromatic

#FFC322 #FFD35F #FFE49C #FFF5D9 #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FFE49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.83

#FFE49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE49C

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE49C	1.00	1.25	16.83	16.83
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE99E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 228, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.095 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffecba',
    500: '#ffe49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe49c;
$custom-light: #ffecba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92493,
    "c": 0.09498,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE49C

secondary

#5D81E2

accent

#3FE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE49C

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

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