#FFED97#FFED97

#FFED97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.841; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.108 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFED97
RGB	rgb(255, 237, 151)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(50, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 40.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.48, -5.56, 43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.48, 44.17, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(94.19% -0.0147 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(94.19% 0.108 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(77.1118, 84.0652, 41.4364)
Luminance	0.8406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFED97 #97A9FF

analogous

#FFB997 #FFED97 #DDFF97

triadic

#FFED97 #97FFED #ED97FF

tetradic

#FFED97 #97FFB9 #97A9FF #FF97DD

square

#FFED97 #97FFB9 #97A9FF #FF97DD

split-complementary

#FFED97 #97DDFF #B997FF

monochromatic

#FFD81D #FFE25A #FFED97 #FFF8D4 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFED97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.81

#FFED97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFED97

17.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFED97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFED97	1.00	1.18	17.81	17.81
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffed97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 237, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.108 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b6',
    500: '#ffed97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffed97;
$custom-light: #fff2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffed97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94188,
    "c": 0.10793,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.84063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFED97

secondary

#5970E2

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFED97

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

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