#FFE281#FFE281

#FFE281 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.121 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE281
RGB	rgb(255, 226, 129)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 49.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.43, -2.12, 50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.43, 50.77, 92.39°)
OKLab	oklab(91.69% -0.0067 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(91.69% 0.121 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.4013, 77.2408, 31.8599)
Luminance	0.7724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE281 #819EFF

analogous

#FFA381 #FFE281 #DDFF81

triadic

#FFE281 #81FFE2 #E281FF

tetradic

#FFE281 #81FFA3 #819EFF #FF81DD

square

#FFE281 #81FFA3 #819EFF #FF81DD

split-complementary

#FFE281 #81DDFF #A381FF

monochromatic

#FFC607 #FFD444 #FFE281 #FFF0BE #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FFE281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#FFE281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE281

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE281	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DF79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 226, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.121 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeaa7',
    500: '#ffe281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe281;
$custom-light: #ffeaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91686,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE281

secondary

#4669DE

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE281

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

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