#FEE251#FEE251

#FEE251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.161 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE251
RGB	rgb(254, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 99%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 68.1%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.89, -5.83, 71.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.89, 71.43, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(91.09% -0.0227 0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(91.09% 0.161 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.5579, 76.0610, 18.8004)
Luminance	0.7606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE251 #516DFE

analogous

#FE8B51 #FEE251 #C3FE51

triadic

#FEE251 #51FEE2 #E251FE

tetradic

#FEE251 #51FE8B #516DFE #FE51C3

square

#FEE251 #51FE8B #516DFE #FE51C3

split-complementary

#FEE251 #51C3FE #8B51FE

monochromatic

#D3B101 #FED814 #FEE251 #FEEC8E #FFF6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FEE251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#FEE251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE251

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE251	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.161 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea89',
    500: '#fee251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee251;
$custom-light: #ffea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.289,
    "s": 98.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91087,
    "c": 0.16093,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE251

secondary

#2541CE

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE251

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

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