#FEE972#FEE972

#FEE972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.141 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE972
RGB	rgb(254, 233, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 55.1%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.94, -7.25, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.94, 59.94, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(92.8% -0.0231 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(92.8% 0.141 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.0518, 80.5665, 27.6192)
Luminance	0.8056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE972 #7287FE

analogous

#FEA372 #FEE972 #CDFE72

triadic

#FEE972 #72FEE9 #E972FE

tetradic

#FEE972 #72FEA3 #7287FE #FE72CD

square

#FEE972 #72FEA3 #7287FE #FE72CD

split-complementary

#FEE972 #72CDFE #A372FE

monochromatic

#F4D002 #FEE035 #FEE972 #FEF2AF #FFFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FEE972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.11

#FEE972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE972

17.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE972	1.00	1.23	17.11	17.11
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 233, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.141 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef9e',
    500: '#fee972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee972;
$custom-light: #ffef9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92803,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE972

secondary

#3952DB

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE972

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

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