#ffee98

Color #ffee98

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 4.77 Nearest Tailwind class amber-200 #fee685 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ffee98

RGB

rgb(255, 238, 152)

HSL

hsl(50.1, 100%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(50.1, 40.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 40.4%, 0%)

LAB

lab(93.74, -5.95, 43.67)

LCH

lch(93.74, 44.07, 97.76)

OKLCH

oklch(94.4%, 0.1077, 98.38)

HWB

hwb(50.1, 59.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98a9ff

Analogous

#ffba98

#ffee98

#dcff98

Triadic

#ffee98

#98ffee

#ee98ff

Split-complementary

#ffee98

#98dcff

#ba98ff

Tetradic

#ffee98

#a9ff98

#98a9ff

#ee98ff

Square

#ffee98

#98ffba

#98a9ff

#ff98dc

Shades

Color #ffee98 mixed toward black.

#ffe354

#ffd810

#cbaa00

#887100

#443900

Tints

Color #ffee98 mixed toward white.

#fff1a9

#fff4ba

#fff7cb

#fff9dd

#fffcee

Tones

Color #ffee98 mixed toward gray.

#f6e8a1

#eee2a9

#e5ddb2

#ddd7ba

#d4d1c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f8f8b2 · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#f9fab7 · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#fec3c7 · ΔE 33.7

Achromatopsia

#ededed · ΔE 22.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ffee98;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ffee98]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#ffee98 (#ffee98) is rgb(255, 238, 152) in RGB.

No, #ffee98 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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