#FFE297#FFE297

#FFE297 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.099 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE297
RGB	rgb(255, 226, 151)
HSL	hsl(43, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(43, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 40.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.73, -0.02, 40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.73, 40.29, 90.02°)
OKLab	oklab(92.02% 0.0014 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(92.02% 0.099 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(74.0242, 77.8900, 40.4072)
Luminance	0.7789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE297 #97B4FF

analogous

#FFAE97 #FFE297 #E8FF97

triadic

#FFE297 #97FFE2 #E297FF

tetradic

#FFE297 #97FFAE #97B4FF #FF97E8

square

#FFE297 #97FFAE #97B4FF #FF97E8

split-complementary

#FFE297 #97E8FF #AE97FF

monochromatic

#FFC01D #FFD15A #FFE297 #FFF3D4 #FFF6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FFE297 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#FFE297 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE297

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE297	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE297	1.00	1.27	16.58	16.58
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe297;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 226, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.099 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffebb6',
    500: '#ffe297',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe297;
$custom-light: #ffebb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe297",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.269,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92017,
    "c": 0.09886,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE297

secondary

#597FE2

accent

#40E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE297

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

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