#FFE998#FFE998

#FFE998 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.818; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.103 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE998
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 152)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(47, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 40.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.49, -3.45, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.49, 42.20, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(93.41% -0.0085 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(93.41% 0.103 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(76.0481, 81.8074, 41.4842)
Luminance	0.8181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE998 #98AEFF

analogous

#FFB598 #FFE998 #E2FF98

triadic

#FFE998 #98FFE9 #E998FF

tetradic

#FFE998 #98FFB5 #98AEFF #FF98E2

square

#FFE998 #98FFB5 #98AEFF #FF98E2

split-complementary

#FFE998 #98E2FF #B598FF

monochromatic

#FFCF1E #FFDC5B #FFE998 #FFF6D5 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFE998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.36

#FFE998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE998

17.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE998	1.00	1.21	17.36	17.36
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E592

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.103 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefb7',
    500: '#ffe998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe998;
$custom-light: #ffefb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.184,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93411,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE998

secondary

#5977E2

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE998

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

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