#FFE151#FFE151

#FFE151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.160 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE151
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 68.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.72, -4.92, 71.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.72, 71.23, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(90.98% -0.0202 0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(90.98% 0.16 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.6537, 75.7080, 18.7272)
Luminance	0.7571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE151 #516FFF

analogous

#FF8A51 #FFE151 #C6FF51

triadic

#FFE151 #51FFE1 #E151FF

tetradic

#FFE151 #51FF8A #516FFF #FF51C6

square

#FFE151 #51FF8A #516FFF #FF51C6

split-complementary

#FFE151 #51C6FF #8A51FF

monochromatic

#D6B100 #FFD614 #FFE151 #FFEC8E #FFF6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FFE151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#FFE151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE151

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE151	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.160 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea89',
    500: '#ffe151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe151;
$custom-light: #ffea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90978,
    "c": 0.16027,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE151

secondary

#2542D0

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE151

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

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