#FFE899#FFE899

#FFE899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.101 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE899
RGB	rgb(255, 232, 153)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(46, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.25, -2.84, 41.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.25, 41.36, 93.94°)
OKLab	oklab(93.23% -0.0067 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(93.23% 0.101 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(75.8481, 81.2758, 41.8232)
Luminance	0.8127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE899 #99B0FF

analogous

#FFB599 #FFE899 #E3FF99

triadic

#FFE899 #99FFE8 #E899FF

tetradic

#FFE899 #99FFB5 #99B0FF #FF99E3

square

#FFE899 #99FFB5 #99B0FF #FF99E3

split-complementary

#FFE899 #99E3FF #B599FF

monochromatic

#FFCC1F #FFDA5C #FFE899 #FFF6D6 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFE899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.25

#FFE899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE899

17.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE899	1.00	1.22	17.25	17.25
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 232, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.101 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefb8',
    500: '#ffe899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe899;
$custom-light: #ffefb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.471,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93229,
    "c": 0.10138,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.81273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE899

secondary

#5A79E2

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE899

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

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