#FEE259#FEE259

#FEE259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.155 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE259
RGB	rgb(254, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 99%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 65%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.95, -5.40, 68.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.95, 68.30, 94.54°)
OKLab	oklab(91.15% -0.0206 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(91.15% 0.155 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.8757, 76.1882, 20.4744)
Luminance	0.7619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE259 #5975FE

analogous

#FE8F59 #FEE259 #C8FE59

triadic

#FEE259 #59FEE2 #E259FE

tetradic

#FEE259 #59FE8F #5975FE #FE59C8

square

#FEE259 #59FE8F #5975FE #FE59C8

split-complementary

#FEE259 #59C8FE #8F59FE

monochromatic

#DBB601 #FED71C #FEE259 #FEED96 #FFF7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FEE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#FEE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE259

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE259	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.155 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea8e',
    500: '#fee259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee259;
$custom-light: #ffea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.818,
    "s": 98.802,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91153,
    "c": 0.15538,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE259

secondary

#2744D4

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE259

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

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