#FFEB8A#FFEB8A

#FFEB8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.120 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEB8A
RGB	rgb(255, 235, 138)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 45.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.80, -5.83, 49.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.80, 49.65, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(93.6% -0.0166 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(93.6% 0.12 98)
XYZ	xyz(75.5378, 82.5143, 35.9877)
Luminance	0.8251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEB8A #8A9EFF

analogous

#FFB18A #FFEB8A #D8FF8A

triadic

#FFEB8A #8AFFEB #EB8AFF

tetradic

#FFEB8A #8AFFB1 #8A9EFF #FF8AD8

square

#FFEB8A #8AFFB1 #8A9EFF #FF8AD8

split-complementary

#FFEB8A #8AD8FF #B18AFF

monochromatic

#FFD610 #FFE14D #FFEB8A #FFF5C7 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FFEB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.50

#FFEB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEB8A

17.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEB8A	1.00	1.20	17.50	17.50
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffeb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 235, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.120 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff1ae',
    500: '#ffeb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffeb8a;
$custom-light: #fff1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffeb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.744,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93595,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.82512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEB8A

secondary

#4E67E0

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEB8A

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

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