#FFE97A#FFE97A

#FFE97A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.134 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE97A
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 122)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 52.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.11, -6.23, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.11, 56.39, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(92.98% -0.0194 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(92.98% 0.134 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.8942, 80.9459, 30.1403)
Luminance	0.8094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE97A #7A90FF

analogous

#FFA77A #FFE97A #D3FF7A

triadic

#FFE97A #7AFFE9 #E97AFF

tetradic

#FFE97A #7AFFA7 #7A90FF #FF7AD3

square

#FFE97A #7AFFA7 #7A90FF #FF7AD3

split-complementary

#FFE97A #7AD3FF #A77AFF

monochromatic

#FFD400 #FFDF3D #FFE97A #FFF3B7 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFE97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.19

#FFE97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE97A

17.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE97A	1.00	1.22	17.19	17.19
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.134 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefa3',
    500: '#ffe97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe97a;
$custom-light: #ffefa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.075,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92984,
    "c": 0.1336,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.80943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE97A

secondary

#405ADD

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE97A

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

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