#FFE9A2#FFE9A2

#FFE9A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.821; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.092 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE9A2
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 162)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(46, 36%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 36.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.64, -2.37, 37.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.64, 37.34, 93.64°)
OKLab	oklab(93.58% -0.0047 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(93.58% 0.092 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(76.9019, 82.1490, 45.9808)
Luminance	0.8215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE9A2 #A2B8FF

analogous

#FFBBA2 #FFE9A2 #E7FFA2

triadic

#FFE9A2 #A2FFE9 #E9A2FF

tetradic

#FFE9A2 #A2FFBB #A2B8FF #FFA2E7

square

#FFE9A2 #A2FFBB #A2B8FF #FFA2E7

split-complementary

#FFE9A2 #A2E7FF #BBA2FF

monochromatic

#FFCC28 #FFDB65 #FFE9A2 #FFF7DF #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FFE9A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.43

#FFE9A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE9A2

17.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE9A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE9A2	1.00	1.20	17.43	17.43
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E69D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEDA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe9a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.092 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefbe',
    500: '#ffe9a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe9a2;
$custom-light: #ffefbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe9a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.806,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93579,
    "c": 0.09237,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.82146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE9A2

secondary

#6281E3

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE9A2

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

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