#FFE497#FFE497

#FFE497 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.100 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE497
RGB	rgb(255, 228, 151)
HSL	hsl(44, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(44, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 40.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.23, -1.03, 40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.23, 40.95, 91.44°)
OKLab	oklab(92.41% -0.0016 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(92.41% 0.1 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.5712, 78.9840, 40.5895)
Luminance	0.7898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE497 #97B2FF

analogous

#FFB097 #FFE497 #E6FF97

triadic

#FFE497 #97FFE4 #E497FF

tetradic

#FFE497 #97FFB0 #97B2FF #FF97E6

square

#FFE497 #97FFB0 #97B2FF #FF97E6

split-complementary

#FFE497 #97E6FF #B097FF

monochromatic

#FFC41D #FFD45A #FFE497 #FFF4D4 #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FFE497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.80

#FFE497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE497

16.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE497	1.00	1.25	16.80	16.80
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 228, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.100 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffecb6',
    500: '#ffe497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe497;
$custom-light: #ffecb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.423,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92409,
    "c": 0.10033,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE497

secondary

#597CE2

accent

#3CE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE497

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

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