#FEE16E#FEE16E
#FEE16E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.138 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FEE16E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(254, 225, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 99%, 71%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 57%, 100%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 56.7%, 0.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.88, -3.54, 58.94) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.88, 59.05, 93.43°) |
| OKLab | oklab(91.16% -0.0129 0.1373) |
| OKLCH | oklch(91.16% 0.138 95.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(70.6156, 76.0503, 25.7084) |
| Luminance | 0.7605 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 0.55
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 0.82
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 1.16
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 2.03
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.87
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 2.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FEE16E #6E8BFE
analogous
#FE996E #FEE16E #D3FE6E
triadic
#FEE16E #6EFEE1 #E16EFE
tetradic
#FEE16E #6EFE99 #6E8BFE #FE6ED3
square
#FEE16E #6EFE99 #6E8BFE #FE6ED3
split-complementary
#FEE16E #6ED3FE #996EFE
monochromatic
#F0C002 #FED431 #FEE16E #FEEEAB #FFF9E1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.30
#FEE16E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.21
#FEE16E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FEE16E
16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FEE16E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FEE16E | 1.00 | 1.30 | 16.21 | 16.21 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.30 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F5DD63
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FCE673
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFD2C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E2E2E2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fee16e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 225, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.138 95.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffea9b',
500: '#fee16e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fee16e; $custom-light: #ffea9b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fee16e",
"rgb": {
"r": 254,
"g": 225,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.917,
"s": 98.63,
"l": 71.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.91162,
"c": 0.13787,
"h": 95.4
},
"luminance": 0.76047
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FEE16E
secondary
#3657DA
accent
#2EE600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18160E
muted
#86847F