#FFE761#FFE761

#FFE761 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.153 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE761
RGB	rgb(255, 231, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 62%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.36, -7.01, 66.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.36, 66.68, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(92.31% -0.0244 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(92.31% 0.153 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.9766, 79.2781, 22.8178)
Luminance	0.7927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE761 #6179FF

analogous

#FF9861 #FFE761 #C8FF61

triadic

#FFE761 #61FFE7 #E761FF

tetradic

#FFE761 #61FF98 #6179FF #FF61C8

square

#FFE761 #61FF98 #6179FF #FF61C8

split-complementary

#FFE761 #61C8FF #9861FF

monochromatic

#E6C300 #FFDE24 #FFE761 #FFF09E #FFFADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FFE761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.86

#FFE761 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE761

16.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE761	1.00	1.25	16.86	16.86
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 231, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.153 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffee93',
    500: '#ffe761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe761;
$custom-light: #ffee93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.886,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92314,
    "c": 0.15332,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE761

secondary

#2B45DA

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE761

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →