#FEE599#FEE599

#FEE599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.099 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE599
RGB	rgb(254, 229, 153)
HSL	hsl(45, 98%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(45, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 39.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.42, -1.71, 40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.42, 40.20, 92.44°)
OKLab	oklab(92.55% -0.0033 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(92.55% 0.099 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.6439, 79.4120, 41.5270)
Luminance	0.7941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE599 #99B2FE

analogous

#FEB399 #FEE599 #E4FE99

triadic

#FEE599 #99FEE5 #E599FE

tetradic

#FEE599 #99FEB3 #99B2FE #FE99E4

square

#FEE599 #99FEB3 #99B2FE #FE99E4

split-complementary

#FEE599 #99E4FE #B399FE

monochromatic

#FDC620 #FDD65C #FEE599 #FFF4D6 #FFF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FEE599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.88

#FEE599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE599

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE599	1.00	1.24	16.88	16.88
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 229, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.099 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb8',
    500: '#fee599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee599;
$custom-light: #ffedb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.149,
    "s": 98.058,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92551,
    "c": 0.09871,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE599

secondary

#5B7CE0

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE599

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

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