#FEE59A#FEE59A

#FEE59A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.098 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE59A
RGB	rgb(254, 229, 154)
HSL	hsl(45, 98%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(45, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 39.4%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.44, -1.61, 39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.44, 39.72, 92.32°)
OKLab	oklab(92.57% -0.003 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(92.57% 0.098 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.7268, 79.4452, 41.9638)
Luminance	0.7944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE59A #9AB3FE

analogous

#FEB39A #FEE59A #E5FE9A

triadic

#FEE59A #9AFEE5 #E59AFE

tetradic

#FEE59A #9AFEB3 #9AB3FE #FE9AE5

square

#FEE59A #9AFEB3 #9AB3FE #FE9AE5

split-complementary

#FEE59A #9AE5FE #B39AFE

monochromatic

#FDC621 #FDD55D #FEE59A #FFF5D7 #FFF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FEE59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.89

#FEE59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE59A

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE59A	1.00	1.24	16.89	16.89
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 229, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.098 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb8',
    500: '#fee59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee59a;
$custom-light: #ffedb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 98.039,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92568,
    "c": 0.09764,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE59A

secondary

#5C7DE1

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE59A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →