#FFE97E#FFE97E

#FFE97E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.810; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.130 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE97E
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 126)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 50.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.15, -5.90, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.15, 54.55, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(93.04% -0.018 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(93.04% 0.13 98)
XYZ	xyz(74.1472, 81.0471, 31.4726)
Luminance	0.8104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE97E #7E94FF

analogous

#FFA87E #FFE97E #D5FF7E

triadic

#FFE97E #7EFFE9 #E97EFF

tetradic

#FFE97E #7EFFA8 #7E94FF #FF7ED5

square

#FFE97E #7EFFA8 #7E94FF #FF7ED5

split-complementary

#FFE97E #7ED5FF #A87EFF

monochromatic

#FFD404 #FFDF41 #FFE97E #FFF3BB #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFE97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.21

#FFE97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE97E

17.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE97E	1.00	1.22	17.21	17.21
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.130 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefa6',
    500: '#ffe97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe97e;
$custom-light: #ffefa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93035,
    "c": 0.12982,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.81044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE97E

secondary

#435EDE

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE97E

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

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