#FFEB51#FFEB51

#FFEB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.168 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEB51
RGB	rgb(255, 235, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 68.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.25, -9.90, 73.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.25, 74.27, 97.66°)
OKLab	oklab(92.98% -0.0343 0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(92.98% 0.168 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.4367, 81.2739, 19.6549)
Luminance	0.8127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEB51 #5165FF

analogous

#FF9451 #FFEB51 #BCFF51

triadic

#FFEB51 #51FFEB #EB51FF

tetradic

#FFEB51 #51FF94 #5165FF #FF51BC

square

#FFEB51 #51FF94 #5165FF #FF51BC

split-complementary

#FFEB51 #51BCFF #9451FF

monochromatic

#D6BD00 #FFE414 #FFEB51 #FFF28E #FFF9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFEB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.25

#FFEB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEB51

17.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEB51	1.00	1.22	17.25	17.25
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffeb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 235, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.168 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff18a',
    500: '#ffeb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffeb51;
$custom-light: #fff18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffeb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.103,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92984,
    "c": 0.16793,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.81271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEB51

secondary

#2538D0

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEB51

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

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