#FFE973#FFE973

#FFE973 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.140 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE973
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 115)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 54.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.03, -6.77, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.03, 59.56, 96.53°)
OKLab	oklab(92.9% -0.0217 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(92.9% 0.14 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.4760, 80.7786, 27.9378)
Luminance	0.8078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE973 #7389FF

analogous

#FFA373 #FFE973 #CFFF73

triadic

#FFE973 #73FFE9 #E973FF

tetradic

#FFE973 #73FFA3 #7389FF #FF73CF

square

#FFE973 #73FFA3 #7389FF #FF73CF

split-complementary

#FFE973 #73CFFF #A373FF

monochromatic

#F8D100 #FFDF36 #FFE973 #FFF3B0 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFE973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.16

#FFE973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE973

17.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE973	1.00	1.22	17.16	17.16
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE468

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.140 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef9e',
    500: '#ffe973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe973;
$custom-light: #ffef9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92901,
    "c": 0.13998,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE973

secondary

#3A53DC

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE973

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

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