#FFC997#FFC997

#FFC997 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.089 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC997
RGB	rgb(255, 201, 151)
HSL	hsl(29, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(29, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 40.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.62, 12.84, 32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.62, 34.76, 68.32°)
OKLab	oklab(87.23% 0.0391 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(87.23% 0.089 64)
XYZ	xyz(67.7149, 65.2714, 38.3041)
Luminance	0.6527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC997 #97CDFF

analogous

#FF9799 #FFC997 #FFFD97

triadic

#FFC997 #97FFC9 #C997FF

tetradic

#FFC997 #99FF97 #97CDFF #FD97FF

square

#FFC997 #99FF97 #97CDFF #FD97FF

split-complementary

#FFC997 #97FFFD #9799FF

monochromatic

#FF891D #FFA95A #FFC997 #FFE9D4 #FFEFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#FFC997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#FFC997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC997

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC997	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACC93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 201, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.089 64.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd9b6',
    500: '#ffc997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc997;
$custom-light: #ffd9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.846,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87225,
    "c": 0.0893,
    "h": 64
  },
  "luminance": 0.65268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC997

secondary

#59A0E2

accent

#77E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC997

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

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