#FFE990#FFE990

#FFE990 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.112 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE990
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 144)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(48, 44%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 43.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.38, -4.26, 45.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.38, 46.06, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(93.29% -0.0115 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(93.29% 0.112 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(75.4149, 81.5541, 38.1491)
Luminance	0.8155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE990 #90A6FF

analogous

#FFB190 #FFE990 #DDFF90

triadic

#FFE990 #90FFE9 #E990FF

tetradic

#FFE990 #90FFB1 #90A6FF #FF90DD

square

#FFE990 #90FFB1 #90A6FF #FF90DD

split-complementary

#FFE990 #90DDFF #B190FF

monochromatic

#FFD116 #FFDD53 #FFE990 #FFF5CD #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFE990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.31

#FFE990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE990

17.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE990	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)

#FAE589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.112 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefb2',
    500: '#ffe990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe990;
$custom-light: #ffefb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.108,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93286,
    "c": 0.11179,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.81551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE990

secondary

#536FE1

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE990

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

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