#FFE981#FFE981

#FFE981 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.811; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.127 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE981
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 129)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 49.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.19, -5.64, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.19, 53.16, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(93.07% -0.0169 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(93.07% 0.127 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.3437, 81.1257, 32.5074)
Luminance	0.8112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE981 #8197FF

analogous

#FFAA81 #FFE981 #D6FF81

triadic

#FFE981 #81FFE9 #E981FF

tetradic

#FFE981 #81FFAA #8197FF #FF81D6

square

#FFE981 #81FFAA #8197FF #FF81D6

split-complementary

#FFE981 #81D6FF #AA81FF

monochromatic

#FFD407 #FFDE44 #FFE981 #FFF4BE #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFE981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.22

#FFE981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE981

17.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE981	1.00	1.22	17.22	17.22
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.127 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefa8',
    500: '#ffe981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe981;
$custom-light: #ffefa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93073,
    "c": 0.12693,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE981

secondary

#4660DE

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE981

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

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