#FFE997#FFE997

#FFE997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.818; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.104 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE997
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 151)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(47, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 40.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.48, -3.55, 42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.48, 42.69, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(93.4% -0.0089 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(93.4% 0.104 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(75.9666, 81.7748, 41.0547)
Luminance	0.8177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE997 #97ADFF

analogous

#FFB597 #FFE997 #E1FF97

triadic

#FFE997 #97FFE9 #E997FF

tetradic

#FFE997 #97FFB5 #97ADFF #FF97E1

square

#FFE997 #97FFB5 #97ADFF #FF97E1

split-complementary

#FFE997 #97E1FF #B597FF

monochromatic

#FFCF1D #FFDC5A #FFE997 #FFF6D4 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFE997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.35

#FFE997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE997

17.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE997	1.00	1.21	17.35	17.35
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.104 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefb6',
    500: '#ffe997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe997;
$custom-light: #ffefb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.308,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93395,
    "c": 0.10438,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.81772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE997

secondary

#5976E2

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE997

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

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