#FFE861#FFE861

#FFE861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.154 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE861
RGB	rgb(255, 232, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 62%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.61, -7.51, 66.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.61, 67.00, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(92.51% -0.0258 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(92.51% 0.154 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.2572, 79.8394, 22.9114)
Luminance	0.7984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE861 #6178FF

analogous

#FF9961 #FFE861 #C7FF61

triadic

#FFE861 #61FFE8 #E861FF

tetradic

#FFE861 #61FF99 #6178FF #FF61C7

square

#FFE861 #61FF99 #6178FF #FF61C7

split-complementary

#FFE861 #61C7FF #9961FF

monochromatic

#E6C400 #FFDF24 #FFE861 #FFF19E #FFFADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.97

#FFE861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE861

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE861	1.00	1.24	16.97	16.97
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 232, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.154 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef93',
    500: '#ffe861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe861;
$custom-light: #ffef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.266,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92514,
    "c": 0.15414,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE861

secondary

#2B44DA

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE861

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

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