#FFE261#FFE261

#FFE261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.149 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE261
RGB	rgb(255, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 62%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.10, -4.51, 64.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.10, 65.09, 93.98°)
OKLab	oklab(91.32% -0.0172 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(91.32% 0.149 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.5971, 76.5191, 22.3580)
Luminance	0.7652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE261 #617EFF

analogous

#FF9361 #FFE261 #CDFF61

triadic

#FFE261 #61FFE2 #E261FF

tetradic

#FFE261 #61FF93 #617EFF #FF61CD

square

#FFE261 #61FF93 #617EFF #FF61CD

split-complementary

#FFE261 #61CDFF #9361FF

monochromatic

#E6BB00 #FFD724 #FFE261 #FFED9E #FFF8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FFE261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#FFE261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE261

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE261	1.00	1.29	16.30	16.30
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.149 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea93',
    500: '#ffe261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe261;
$custom-light: #ffea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.987,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91316,
    "c": 0.14947,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE261

secondary

#2B4BDA

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE261

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

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