#FFE251#FFE251

#FFE251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.161 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE251
RGB	rgb(255, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 68.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.98, -5.42, 71.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.98, 71.52, 94.35°)
OKLab	oklab(91.18% -0.0216 0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(91.18% 0.161 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.9249, 76.2502, 18.8176)
Luminance	0.7625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE251 #516EFF

analogous

#FF8B51 #FFE251 #C5FF51

triadic

#FFE251 #51FFE2 #E251FF

tetradic

#FFE251 #51FF8B #516EFF #FF51C5

square

#FFE251 #51FF8B #516EFF #FF51C5

split-complementary

#FFE251 #51C5FF #8B51FF

monochromatic

#D6B200 #FFD814 #FFE251 #FFEC8E #FFF6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FFE251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#FFE251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE251

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE251	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.161 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea89',
    500: '#ffe251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe251;
$custom-light: #ffea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91177,
    "c": 0.16099,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE251

secondary

#2541D0

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE251

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

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