#FFE98B#FFE98B

#FFE98B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.814; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.117 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE98B
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 139)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(49, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 45.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.31, -4.74, 48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.31, 48.45, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(93.21% -0.0133 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(93.21% 0.117 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.0412, 81.4047, 36.1809)
Luminance	0.8140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE98B #8BA1FF

analogous

#FFAF8B #FFE98B #DBFF8B

triadic

#FFE98B #8BFFE9 #E98BFF

tetradic

#FFE98B #8BFFAF #8BA1FF #FF8BDB

square

#FFE98B #8BFFAF #8BA1FF #FF8BDB

split-complementary

#FFE98B #8BDBFF #AF8BFF

monochromatic

#FFD211 #FFDD4E #FFE98B #FFF5C8 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFE98B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.28

#FFE98B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE98B

17.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE98B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE98B	1.00	1.22	17.28	17.28
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe98b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.117 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefae',
    500: '#ffe98b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe98b;
$custom-light: #ffefae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe98b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.621,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93212,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.81402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE98B

secondary

#4E6AE0

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE98B

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

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