#FED997#FED997

#FED997 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.093 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FED997
RGB	rgb(254, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(38, 98%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(38, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 40.6%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.42, 4.19, 37.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.42, 37.51, 83.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.18% 0.0137 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(90.18% 0.093 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.2738, 72.9340, 39.5955)
Luminance	0.7293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FED997 #97BCFE

analogous

#FEA697 #FED997 #EFFE97

triadic

#FED997 #97FED9 #D997FE

tetradic

#FED997 #97FEA6 #97BCFE #FE97EF

square

#FED997 #97FEA6 #97BCFE #FE97EF

split-complementary

#FED997 #97EFFE #A697FE

monochromatic

#FDAD1E #FDC35A #FED997 #FFEFD4 #FFF4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#FED997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#FED997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FED997

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FED997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FED997	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fed997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.093 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4b6',
    500: '#fed997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fed997;
$custom-light: #ffe4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fed997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.447,
    "s": 98.095,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90175,
    "c": 0.0929,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FED997

secondary

#598AE0

accent

#52E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FED997

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

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