#FEE160#FEE160

#FEE160 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.149 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE160
RGB	rgb(254, 225, 96)
HSL	hsl(49, 99%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 62.2%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.75, -4.48, 64.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.75, 65.11, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(91.02% -0.0172 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(91.02% 0.149 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.9126, 75.7691, 22.0064)
Luminance	0.7577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE160 #607DFE

analogous

#FE9260 #FEE160 #CCFE60

triadic

#FEE160 #60FEE1 #E160FE

tetradic

#FEE160 #60FE92 #607DFE #FE60CC

square

#FEE160 #60FE92 #607DFE #FE60CC

split-complementary

#FEE160 #60CCFE #9260FE

monochromatic

#E2B901 #FED623 #FEE160 #FEEC9D #FFF8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FEE160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15

#FEE160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE160

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE160	1.00	1.30	16.15	16.15
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 225, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.149 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea92',
    500: '#fee160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee160;
$custom-light: #ffea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.987,
    "s": 98.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91017,
    "c": 0.14939,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE160

secondary

#2A4AD8

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE160

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

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