#FFE661#FFE661

#FFE661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.153 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE661
RGB	rgb(255, 230, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 62%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.11, -6.52, 66.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.11, 66.35, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(92.11% -0.023 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(92.11% 0.153 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.6975, 78.7199, 22.7248)
Luminance	0.7872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE661 #617AFF

analogous

#FF9761 #FFE661 #C9FF61

triadic

#FFE661 #61FFE6 #E661FF

tetradic

#FFE661 #61FF97 #617AFF #FF61C9

square

#FFE661 #61FF97 #617AFF #FF61C9

split-complementary

#FFE661 #61C9FF #9761FF

monochromatic

#E6C100 #FFDC24 #FFE661 #FFF09E #FFF9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FFE661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.74

#FFE661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE661

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE661	1.00	1.25	16.74	16.74
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 230, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.153 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffed93',
    500: '#ffe661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe661;
$custom-light: #ffed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.506,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92114,
    "c": 0.15253,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE661

secondary

#2B46DA

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE661

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

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