#FEE36F#FEE36F
#FEE36F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.139 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FEE36F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(254, 227, 111) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 99%, 72%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 56%, 100%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 56.3%, 0.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(90.40, -4.47, 59.08) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(90.40, 59.25, 94.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(91.57% -0.0154 0.1377) |
| OKLCH | oklch(91.57% 0.139 96.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(71.2141, 77.1599, 26.1780) |
| Luminance | 0.7716 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 0.28
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 0.97
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 1.48
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 2.44
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.28
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.41
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FEE36F #6F8AFE
analogous
#FE9C6F #FEE36F #D2FE6F
triadic
#FEE36F #6FFEE3 #E36FFE
tetradic
#FEE36F #6FFE9C #6F8AFE #FE6FD2
square
#FEE36F #6FFE9C #6F8AFE #FE6FD2
split-complementary
#FEE36F #6FD2FE #9C6FFE
monochromatic
#F1C402 #FED732 #FEE36F #FEEFAC #FFF9E1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.28
#FEE36F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.43
#FEE36F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FEE36F
16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FEE36F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FEE36F | 1.00 | 1.28 | 16.43 | 16.43 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.28 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F7DE64
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FEE774
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFD4C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E3E3E3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fee36f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 227, 111); /* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.139 96.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffeb9c',
500: '#fee36f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fee36f; $custom-light: #ffeb9c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fee36f",
"rgb": {
"r": 254,
"g": 227,
"b": 111
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.671,
"s": 98.621,
"l": 71.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.91571,
"c": 0.13853,
"h": 96.4
},
"luminance": 0.77157
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FEE36F
secondary
#3756DA
accent
#2BE600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18160E
muted
#86847F