#FFE697#FFE697

#FFE697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.102 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE697
RGB	rgb(255, 230, 151)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(46, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 40.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.73, -2.04, 41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.73, 41.63, 92.81°)
OKLab	oklab(92.8% -0.0045 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(92.8% 0.102 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(75.1245, 80.0907, 40.7740)
Luminance	0.8009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE697 #97B0FF

analogous

#FFB297 #FFE697 #E4FF97

triadic

#FFE697 #97FFE6 #E697FF

tetradic

#FFE697 #97FFB2 #97B0FF #FF97E4

square

#FFE697 #97FFB2 #97B0FF #FF97E4

split-complementary

#FFE697 #97E4FF #B297FF

monochromatic

#FFC91D #FFD75A #FFE697 #FFF5D4 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FFE697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.02

#FFE697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE697

17.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE697	1.00	1.23	17.02	17.02
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 230, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.102 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb6',
    500: '#ffe697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe697;
$custom-light: #ffedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.577,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92802,
    "c": 0.1019,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE697

secondary

#597AE2

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE697

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

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