#FEE261#FEE261

#FEE261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.149 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE261
RGB	rgb(254, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 99%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 61.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.01, -4.92, 64.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.01, 65.00, 94.34°)
OKLab	oklab(91.23% -0.0183 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(91.23% 0.149 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.2301, 76.3299, 22.3408)
Luminance	0.7633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE261 #617DFE

analogous

#FE9461 #FEE261 #CCFE61

triadic

#FEE261 #61FEE2 #E261FE

tetradic

#FEE261 #61FE94 #617DFE #FE61CC

square

#FEE261 #61FE94 #617DFE #FE61CC

split-complementary

#FEE261 #61CCFE #9461FE

monochromatic

#E3BB01 #FED724 #FEE261 #FEED9E #FFF8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FEE261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.27

#FEE261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE261

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE261	1.00	1.29	16.27	16.27
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.149 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea93',
    500: '#fee261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee261;
$custom-light: #ffea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.299,
    "s": 98.742,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91226,
    "c": 0.14936,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE261

secondary

#2B4AD8

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE261

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

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