#FFE97C#FFE97C

#FFE97C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.810; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.132 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE97C
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 124)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 51.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.13, -6.06, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.13, 55.48, 96.27°)
OKLab	oklab(93.01% -0.0187 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(93.01% 0.132 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(74.0194, 80.9960, 30.7997)
Luminance	0.8099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE97C #7C92FF

analogous

#FFA87C #FFE97C #D3FF7C

triadic

#FFE97C #7CFFE9 #E97CFF

tetradic

#FFE97C #7CFFA8 #7C92FF #FF7CD3

square

#FFE97C #7CFFA8 #7C92FF #FF7CD3

split-complementary

#FFE97C #7CD3FF #A87CFF

monochromatic

#FFD402 #FFDF3F #FFE97C #FFF3B9 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFE97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.20

#FFE97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE97C

17.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE97C	1.00	1.22	17.20	17.20
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.132 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefa4',
    500: '#ffe97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe97c;
$custom-light: #ffefa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93009,
    "c": 0.13172,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.80993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE97C

secondary

#425CDE

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE97C

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

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