#FEE255#FEE255

#FEE255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.158 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE255
RGB	rgb(254, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 99%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 66.5%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.92, -5.62, 69.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.92, 69.89, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(91.12% -0.0217 0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(91.12% 0.158 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.7123, 76.1228, 19.6138)
Luminance	0.7612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE255 #5571FE

analogous

#FE8E55 #FEE255 #C6FE55

triadic

#FEE255 #55FEE2 #E255FE

tetradic

#FEE255 #55FE8E #5571FE #FE55C6

square

#FEE255 #55FE8E #5571FE #FE55C6

split-complementary

#FEE255 #55C6FE #8E55FE

monochromatic

#D7B401 #FED818 #FEE255 #FEEC92 #FFF7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FEE255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#FEE255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE255

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE255	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.158 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea8c',
    500: '#fee255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee255;
$custom-light: #ffea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.059,
    "s": 98.83,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91119,
    "c": 0.15822,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE255

secondary

#2642D1

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE255

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

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