#FEE172#FEE172

#FEE172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.134 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE172
RGB	rgb(254, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(48, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 55.1%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.92, -3.24, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.92, 57.25, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(91.21% -0.0116 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(91.21% 0.134 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.8383, 76.1394, 26.8814)
Luminance	0.7614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE172 #728FFE

analogous

#FE9B72 #FEE172 #D5FE72

triadic

#FEE172 #72FEE1 #E172FE

tetradic

#FEE172 #72FE9B #728FFE #FE72D5

square

#FEE172 #72FE9B #728FFE #FE72D5

split-complementary

#FEE172 #72D5FE #9B72FE

monochromatic

#F4C202 #FED435 #FEE172 #FEEEAF #FFF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FEE172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#FEE172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE172

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE172	1.00	1.29	16.23	16.23
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.134 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9d',
    500: '#fee172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee172;
$custom-light: #ffea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91208,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE172

secondary

#395BDB

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE172

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

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