#FED451#FED451

#FED451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.152 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FED451
RGB	rgb(254, 212, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 99%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 68.1%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.38, 1.25, 67.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.38, 67.62, 88.94°)
OKLab	oklab(88.32% -0.0024 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(88.32% 0.152 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.9052, 68.7558, 17.5828)
Luminance	0.6875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FED451 #517BFE

analogous

#FE7E51 #FED451 #D1FE51

triadic

#FED451 #51FED4 #D451FE

tetradic

#FED451 #51FE7E #517BFE #FE51D1

square

#FED451 #51FE7E #517BFE #FE51D1

split-complementary

#FED451 #51D1FE #7E51FE

monochromatic

#D3A001 #FEC514 #FED451 #FEE38E #FFF2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#FED451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#FED451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FED451

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FED451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FED451	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fed451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 212, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.152 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe088',
    500: '#fed451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fed451;
$custom-light: #ffe088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fed451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.434,
    "s": 98.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88316,
    "c": 0.15176,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FED451

secondary

#254ECE

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FED451

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

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