#FFF997#FFF997

#FFF997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.912; OKLCH L 96.6% C 0.120 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFF997
RGB	rgb(255, 249, 151)
HSL	hsl(57, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(57, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 40.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.51, -11.50, 47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.51, 49.04, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(96.59% -0.0318 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(96.59% 0.12 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(80.7030, 91.2477, 42.6335)
Luminance	0.9125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFF997 #979DFF

analogous

#FFC597 #FFF997 #D1FF97

triadic

#FFF997 #97FFF9 #F997FF

tetradic

#FFF997 #97FFC5 #979DFF #FF97D1

square

#FFF997 #97FFC5 #979DFF #FF97D1

split-complementary

#FFF997 #97D1FF #C597FF

monochromatic

#FFF21D #FFF55A #FFF997 #FFFDD4 #FFFDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.09

#FFF997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.25

#FFF997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFF997

19.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFF997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFF997	1.00	1.09	19.25	19.25
#FFFFFF	1.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF28F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEDE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F5F5F5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fff997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 249, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.6% 0.120 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbb7',
    500: '#fff997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fff997;
$custom-light: #fffbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fff997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96592,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.91246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFF997

secondary

#5960E2

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFF997

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →