#FEE496#FEE496

#FEE496 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.101 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE496
RGB	rgb(254, 228, 150)
HSL	hsl(45, 98%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(45, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 40.9%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.13, -1.52, 41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.13, 41.32, 92.11°)
OKLab	oklab(92.31% -0.003 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(92.31% 0.101 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.1233, 78.7624, 40.1464)
Luminance	0.7876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE496 #96B0FE

analogous

#FEB096 #FEE496 #E4FE96

triadic

#FEE496 #96FEE4 #E496FE

tetradic

#FEE496 #96FEB0 #96B0FE #FE96E4

square

#FEE496 #96FEB0 #96B0FE #FE96E4

split-complementary

#FEE496 #96E4FE #B096FE

monochromatic

#FDC51D #FDD459 #FEE496 #FFF4D3 #FFF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FEE496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.75

#FEE496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE496

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE496	1.00	1.25	16.75	16.75
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 228, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.101 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffecb6',
    500: '#fee496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee496;
$custom-light: #ffecb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 98.113,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92305,
    "c": 0.10115,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE496

secondary

#587AE0

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE496

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

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