#FEE596#FEE596

#FEE596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.102 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE596
RGB	rgb(254, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(46, 98%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(46, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 40.9%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.38, -2.03, 41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.38, 41.66, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(92.5% -0.0045 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(92.5% 0.102 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.3992, 79.3142, 40.2384)
Luminance	0.7931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE596 #96AFFE

analogous

#FEB196 #FEE596 #E3FE96

triadic

#FEE596 #96FEE5 #E596FE

tetradic

#FEE596 #96FEB1 #96AFFE #FE96E3

square

#FEE596 #96FEB1 #96AFFE #FE96E3

split-complementary

#FEE596 #96E3FE #B196FE

monochromatic

#FDC71D #FDD659 #FEE596 #FFF4D3 #FFF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FEE596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.86

#FEE596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE596

16.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE596	1.00	1.25	16.86	16.86
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.102 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb6',
    500: '#fee596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee596;
$custom-light: #ffedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.577,
    "s": 98.113,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92502,
    "c": 0.10193,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE596

secondary

#5879E0

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE596

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

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