#FEF04E#FEF04E

#FEF04E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.839; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.174 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF04E
RGB	rgb(254, 240, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 99%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 69.3%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.43, -12.91, 75.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.43, 76.94, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(93.89% -0.0431 0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(93.89% 0.174 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.4113, 83.9439, 19.5421)
Luminance	0.8394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF04E #4E5CFE

analogous

#FE984E #FEF04E #B4FE4E

triadic

#FEF04E #4EFEF0 #F04EFE

tetradic

#FEF04E #4EFE98 #4E5CFE #FE4EB4

square

#FEF04E #4EFE98 #4E5CFE #FE4EB4

split-complementary

#FEF04E #4EB4FE #984EFE

monochromatic

#D0C001 #FEEB11 #FEF04E #FEF58B #FFFAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FEF04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.79

#FEF04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF04E

17.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF04E	1.00	1.18	17.79	17.79
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 240, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.174 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff489',
    500: '#fef04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef04e;
$custom-light: #fff489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.227,
    "s": 98.876,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9389,
    "c": 0.17407,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.83941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF04E

secondary

#2532CB

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19170C

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF04E

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

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