#FFE597#FFE597

#FFE597 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.101 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE597
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 151)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(45, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 40.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.48, -1.54, 41.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.48, 41.28, 92.13°)
OKLab	oklab(92.61% -0.003 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(92.61% 0.101 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.8471, 79.5358, 40.6815)
Luminance	0.7953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE597 #97B1FF

analogous

#FFB197 #FFE597 #E5FF97

triadic

#FFE597 #97FFE5 #E597FF

tetradic

#FFE597 #97FFB1 #97B1FF #FF97E5

square

#FFE597 #97FFB1 #97B1FF #FF97E5

split-complementary

#FFE597 #97E5FF #B197FF

monochromatic

#FFC61D #FFD65A #FFE597 #FFF4D4 #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.91

#FFE597 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE597

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE597	1.00	1.24	16.91	16.91
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.101 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb6',
    500: '#ffe597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe597;
$custom-light: #ffedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92606,
    "c": 0.10111,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE597

secondary

#597BE2

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE597

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

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