#FFE974#FFE974

#FFE974 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.139 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE974
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 116)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 54.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.04, -6.70, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.04, 59.11, 96.50°)
OKLab	oklab(92.91% -0.0214 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(92.91% 0.139 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.5339, 80.8017, 28.2425)
Luminance	0.8080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE974 #748AFF

analogous

#FFA474 #FFE974 #CFFF74

triadic

#FFE974 #74FFE9 #E974FF

tetradic

#FFE974 #74FFA4 #748AFF #FF74CF

square

#FFE974 #74FFA4 #748AFF #FF74CF

split-complementary

#FFE974 #74CFFF #A474FF

monochromatic

#F9D100 #FFDF37 #FFE974 #FFF3B1 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFE974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.16

#FFE974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE974

17.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE974	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)

#FCE469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.139 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef9f',
    500: '#ffe974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe974;
$custom-light: #ffef9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92913,
    "c": 0.13908,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE974

secondary

#3B54DC

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE974

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

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