#FFE98C#FFE98C

#FFE98C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.814; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.116 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE98C
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 140)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(49, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 45.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.32, -4.64, 47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.32, 47.97, 95.55°)
OKLab	oklab(93.23% -0.013 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(93.23% 0.116 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(75.1146, 81.4340, 36.5675)
Luminance	0.8143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE98C #8CA2FF

analogous

#FFB08C #FFE98C #DBFF8C

triadic

#FFE98C #8CFFE9 #E98CFF

tetradic

#FFE98C #8CFFB0 #8CA2FF #FF8CDB

square

#FFE98C #8CFFB0 #8CA2FF #FF8CDB

split-complementary

#FFE98C #8CDBFF #B08CFF

monochromatic

#FFD212 #FFDD4F #FFE98C #FFF5C9 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFE98C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.29

#FFE98C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE98C

17.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE98C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE98C	1.00	1.21	17.29	17.29
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe98c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.116 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefaf',
    500: '#ffe98c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe98c;
$custom-light: #ffefaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe98c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93226,
    "c": 0.11593,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.81431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE98C

secondary

#4F6BE0

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE98C

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

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