#FFE797#FFE797

#FFE797 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.103 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE797
RGB	rgb(255, 231, 151)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(46, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 40.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.98, -2.55, 41.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.98, 41.97, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(93% -0.006 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(93% 0.103 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.4036, 80.6489, 40.8670)
Luminance	0.8065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE797 #97AFFF

analogous

#FFB397 #FFE797 #E3FF97

triadic

#FFE797 #97FFE7 #E797FF

tetradic

#FFE797 #97FFB3 #97AFFF #FF97E3

square

#FFE797 #97FFB3 #97AFFF #FF97E3

split-complementary

#FFE797 #97E3FF #B397FF

monochromatic

#FFCB1D #FFD95A #FFE797 #FFF5D4 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FFE797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.13

#FFE797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE797

17.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE797	1.00	1.23	17.13	17.13
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 231, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.103 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeeb6',
    500: '#ffe797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe797;
$custom-light: #ffeeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93,
    "c": 0.1027,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.80646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE797

secondary

#5978E2

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE797

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

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