#FEE856#FEE856

#FEE856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.162 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE856
RGB	rgb(254, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 99%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 66.1%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.44, -8.56, 70.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.44, 71.36, 96.89°)
OKLab	oklab(92.33% -0.0299 0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(92.33% 0.162 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.4125, 79.4591, 20.3778)
Luminance	0.7946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE856 #566CFE

analogous

#FE9456 #FEE856 #C0FE56

triadic

#FEE856 #56FEE8 #E856FE

tetradic

#FEE856 #56FE94 #566CFE #FE56C0

square

#FEE856 #56FE94 #566CFE #FE56C0

split-complementary

#FEE856 #56C0FE #9456FE

monochromatic

#D8BC01 #FEE019 #FEE856 #FEF093 #FFF9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FEE856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.89

#FEE856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE856

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE856	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)

#FDE242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.162 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef8d',
    500: '#fee856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee856;
$custom-light: #ffef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.143,
    "s": 98.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92331,
    "c": 0.16217,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE856

secondary

#263DD2

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE856

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

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