#FFE98A#FFE98A

#FFE98A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.814; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.118 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE98A
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 138)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 45.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.30, -4.83, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.30, 48.92, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(93.2% -0.0137 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(93.2% 0.118 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.9685, 81.3756, 35.7979)
Luminance	0.8137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE98A #8AA0FF

analogous

#FFAF8A #FFE98A #DBFF8A

triadic

#FFE98A #8AFFE9 #E98AFF

tetradic

#FFE98A #8AFFAF #8AA0FF #FF8ADB

square

#FFE98A #8AFFAF #8AA0FF #FF8ADB

split-complementary

#FFE98A #8ADBFF #AF8AFF

monochromatic

#FFD210 #FFDD4D #FFE98A #FFF5C7 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFE98A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.27

#FFE98A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE98A

17.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE98A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE98A	1.00	1.22	17.27	17.27
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe98a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.118 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefae',
    500: '#ffe98a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe98a;
$custom-light: #ffefae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe98a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.718,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93197,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE98A

secondary

#4E69E0

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE98A

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

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