#FFD997#FFD997

#FFD997 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.093 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD997
RGB	rgb(255, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(38, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(38, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 40.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.51, 4.58, 37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.51, 37.69, 83.03°)
OKLab	oklab(90.27% 0.0148 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(90.27% 0.093 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.6408, 73.1233, 39.6127)
Luminance	0.7312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD997 #97BDFF

analogous

#FFA597 #FFD997 #F1FF97

triadic

#FFD997 #97FFD9 #D997FF

tetradic

#FFD997 #97FFA5 #97BDFF #FF97F1

square

#FFD997 #97FFA5 #97BDFF #FF97F1

split-complementary

#FFD997 #97F1FF #A597FF

monochromatic

#FFAC1D #FFC35A #FFD997 #FFEFD4 #FFF4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FFD997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#FFD997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD997

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD997	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.093 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4b6',
    500: '#ffd997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd997;
$custom-light: #ffe4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.077,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90267,
    "c": 0.09337,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD997

secondary

#598BE2

accent

#54E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD997

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

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