#FEE996#FEE996

#FEE996 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.105 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE996
RGB	rgb(254, 233, 150)
HSL	hsl(48, 98%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(48, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 40.9%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.38, -4.04, 42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.38, 43.08, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(93.29% -0.0103 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(93.29% 0.105 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.5187, 81.5532, 40.6116)
Luminance	0.8155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE996 #96ABFE

analogous

#FEB596 #FEE996 #DFFE96

triadic

#FEE996 #96FEE9 #E996FE

tetradic

#FEE996 #96FEB5 #96ABFE #FE96DF

square

#FEE996 #96FEB5 #96ABFE #FE96DF

split-complementary

#FEE996 #96DFFE #B596FE

monochromatic

#FDD01D #FDDC59 #FEE996 #FFF6D3 #FFF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FEE996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.31

#FEE996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE996

17.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE996	1.00	1.21	17.31	17.31
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 233, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.105 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefb6',
    500: '#fee996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee996;
$custom-light: #ffefb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.885,
    "s": 98.113,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93292,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.81551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE996

secondary

#5874E0

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE996

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

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