#FEE85A#FEE85A

#FEE85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.159 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE85A
RGB	rgb(254, 232, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 99%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 64.6%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.47, -8.34, 69.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.47, 69.78, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(92.36% -0.0289 0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(92.36% 0.159 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.5781, 79.5254, 21.2505)
Luminance	0.7952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE85A #5A70FE

analogous

#FE965A #FEE85A #C2FE5A

triadic

#FEE85A #5AFEE8 #E85AFE

tetradic

#FEE85A #5AFE96 #5A70FE #FE5AC2

square

#FEE85A #5AFE96 #5A70FE #FE5AC2

split-complementary

#FEE85A #5AC2FE #965AFE

monochromatic

#DCBF01 #FEE01D #FEE85A #FEF097 #FFF9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FEE85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#FEE85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE85A

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE85A	1.00	1.24	16.90	16.90
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 232, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.159 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef8f',
    500: '#fee85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee85a;
$custom-light: #ffef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.951,
    "s": 98.795,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92364,
    "c": 0.15934,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE85A

secondary

#273ED5

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE85A

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

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