#FFE97B#FFE97B

#FFE97B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.810; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.133 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE97B
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 123)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 51.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.12, -6.14, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.12, 55.93, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(93% -0.019 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(93% 0.133 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(73.9565, 80.9708, 30.4683)
Luminance	0.8097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE97B #7B91FF

analogous

#FFA77B #FFE97B #D3FF7B

triadic

#FFE97B #7BFFE9 #E97BFF

tetradic

#FFE97B #7BFFA7 #7B91FF #FF7BD3

square

#FFE97B #7BFFA7 #7B91FF #FF7BD3

split-complementary

#FFE97B #7BD3FF #A77BFF

monochromatic

#FFD501 #FFDF3E #FFE97B #FFF3B8 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFE97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.19

#FFE97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE97B

17.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE97B	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)

#FCE471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.133 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefa4',
    500: '#ffe97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe97b;
$custom-light: #ffefa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92997,
    "c": 0.13266,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.80968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE97B

secondary

#415BDD

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE97B

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

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