#FEE178#FEE178

#FEE178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.129 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE178
RGB	rgb(254, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(47, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 52.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.99, -2.77, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.99, 54.52, 92.91°)
OKLab	oklab(91.28% -0.0095 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(91.28% 0.129 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.1910, 76.2805, 28.7393)
Luminance	0.7628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE178 #7895FE

analogous

#FE9E78 #FEE178 #D8FE78

triadic

#FEE178 #78FEE1 #E178FE

tetradic

#FEE178 #78FE9E #7895FE #FE78D8

square

#FEE178 #78FE9E #7895FE #FE78D8

split-complementary

#FEE178 #78D8FE #9E78FE

monochromatic

#FAC402 #FED33B #FEE178 #FEEEB5 #FFF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FEE178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#FEE178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE178

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE178	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE67C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.129 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeaa1',
    500: '#fee178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee178;
$custom-light: #ffeaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 98.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91281,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE178

secondary

#3F61DC

accent

#32E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE178

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

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