#FFE794#FFE794

#FFE794 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.106 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE794
RGB	rgb(255, 231, 148)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(47, 42%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 42%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.93, -2.85, 43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.93, 43.42, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(92.95% -0.0071 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(92.95% 0.106 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(75.1631, 80.5527, 39.6002)
Luminance	0.8055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE794 #94ACFF

analogous

#FFB294 #FFE794 #E2FF94

triadic

#FFE794 #94FFE7 #E794FF

tetradic

#FFE794 #94FFB2 #94ACFF #FF94E2

square

#FFE794 #94FFB2 #94ACFF #FF94E2

split-complementary

#FFE794 #94E2FF #B294FF

monochromatic

#FFCC1A #FFD957 #FFE794 #FFF5D1 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FFE794 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.11

#FFE794 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE794

17.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE794	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE794	1.00	1.23	17.11	17.11
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E48E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEB97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe794;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 231, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.106 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeeb4',
    500: '#ffe794',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe794;
$custom-light: #ffeeb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe794",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.542,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92952,
    "c": 0.1059,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.8055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE794

secondary

#5675E1

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE794

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

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