#FEE162#FEE162

#FEE162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.148 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE162
RGB	rgb(254, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 99%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 61.4%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.77, -4.36, 64.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.77, 64.27, 93.89°)
OKLab	oklab(91.04% -0.0166 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(91.04% 0.148 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.0059, 75.8064, 22.4976)
Luminance	0.7580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE162 #627FFE

analogous

#FE9362 #FEE162 #CDFE62

triadic

#FEE162 #62FEE1 #E162FE

tetradic

#FEE162 #62FE93 #627FFE #FE62CD

square

#FEE162 #62FE93 #627FFE #FE62CD

split-complementary

#FEE162 #62CDFE #9362FE

monochromatic

#E4BA01 #FED525 #FEE162 #FEED9F #FFF8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FEE162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#FEE162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE162

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE162	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.148 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea93',
    500: '#fee162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee162;
$custom-light: #ffea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.846,
    "s": 98.734,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91036,
    "c": 0.14783,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE162

secondary

#2C4CD8

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE162

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

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