#FFF261#FFF261

#FFF261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.856; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.163 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFF261
RGB	rgb(255, 242, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 62%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.15, -12.45, 69.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.15, 70.42, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(94.53% -0.0399 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(94.53% 0.163 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(75.1526, 85.6301, 23.8765)
Luminance	0.8563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFF261 #616EFF

analogous

#FFA361 #FFF261 #BDFF61

triadic

#FFF261 #61FFF2 #F261FF

tetradic

#FFF261 #61FFA3 #616EFF #FF61BD

square

#FFF261 #61FFA3 #616EFF #FF61BD

split-complementary

#FFF261 #61BDFF #A361FF

monochromatic

#E6D300 #FFED24 #FFF261 #FFF79E #FFFCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FFF261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.13

#FFF261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFF261

18.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFF261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFF261	1.00	1.16	18.13	18.13
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fff261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 242, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.163 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff694',
    500: '#fff261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fff261;
$custom-light: #fff694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fff261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.063,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94532,
    "c": 0.16272,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.85627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFF261

secondary

#2B39DA

accent

#13E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#19170E

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFF261

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

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