#FEF072#FEF072

#FEF072 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.846; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.147 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF072
RGB	rgb(254, 240, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 55.1%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.71, -10.72, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.71, 62.46, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(94.21% -0.0331 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(94.21% 0.147 103)
XYZ	xyz(75.0729, 84.6086, 28.2929)
Luminance	0.8461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF072 #7280FE

analogous

#FEAA72 #FEF072 #C6FE72

triadic

#FEF072 #72FEF0 #F072FE

tetradic

#FEF072 #72FEAA #7280FE #FE72C6

square

#FEF072 #72FEAA #7280FE #FE72C6

split-complementary

#FEF072 #72C6FE #AA72FE

monochromatic

#F4DC02 #FEEA35 #FEF072 #FEF6AF #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FEF072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.92

#FEF072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF072

17.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF072	1.00	1.17	17.92	17.92
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE965

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 240, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.147 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff49e',
    500: '#fef072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef072;
$custom-light: #fff49e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94212,
    "c": 0.14706,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.84606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF072

secondary

#394ADB

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF072

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

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