#FFE8A1#FFE8A1

#FFE8A1 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.815; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.093 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE8A1
RGB	rgb(255, 232, 161)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(45, 37%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 36.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.38, -1.97, 37.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.38, 37.47, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(93.37% -0.0036 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(93.37% 0.093 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(76.5311, 81.5490, 45.4205)
Luminance	0.8155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE8A1 #A1B8FF

analogous

#FFB9A1 #FFE8A1 #E7FFA1

triadic

#FFE8A1 #A1FFE8 #E8A1FF

tetradic

#FFE8A1 #A1FFB9 #A1B8FF #FFA1E7

square

#FFE8A1 #A1FFB9 #A1B8FF #FFA1E7

split-complementary

#FFE8A1 #A1E7FF #B9A1FF

monochromatic

#FFCA27 #FFD964 #FFE8A1 #FFF7DE #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFE8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.31

#FFE8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE8A1

17.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE8A1	1.00	1.21	17.31	17.31
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E59C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDECA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 232, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.093 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefbd',
    500: '#ffe8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe8a1;
$custom-light: #ffefbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.319,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93365,
    "c": 0.09265,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.81546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE8A1

secondary

#6181E3

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE8A1

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

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