#FEE979#FEE979

#FEE979 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.134 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE979
RGB	rgb(254, 233, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 99%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 52.4%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.01, -6.71, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.01, 56.78, 96.78°)
OKLab	oklab(92.89% -0.0208 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(92.89% 0.134 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.4656, 80.7320, 29.7985)
Luminance	0.8073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE979 #798EFE

analogous

#FEA679 #FEE979 #D1FE79

triadic

#FEE979 #79FEE9 #E979FE

tetradic

#FEE979 #79FEA6 #798EFE #FE79D1

square

#FEE979 #79FEA6 #798EFE #FE79D1

split-complementary

#FEE979 #79D1FE #A679FE

monochromatic

#FBD302 #FEDF3C #FEE979 #FEF3B6 #FFFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FEE979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.15

#FEE979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE979

17.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE979	1.00	1.22	17.15	17.15
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE46F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 233, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.134 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefa2',
    500: '#fee979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee979;
$custom-light: #ffefa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 98.519,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92885,
    "c": 0.13445,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE979

secondary

#3F58DC

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE979

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

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