#FEF079#FEF079

#FEF079 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.848; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.141 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF079
RGB	rgb(254, 240, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 99%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 52.4%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.79, -10.18, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.79, 59.34, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(94.29% -0.0308 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(94.29% 0.141 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.4866, 84.7741, 30.4722)
Luminance	0.8477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF079 #7987FE

analogous

#FEAD79 #FEF079 #C9FE79

triadic

#FEF079 #79FEF0 #F079FE

tetradic

#FEF079 #79FEAD #7987FE #FE79C9

square

#FEF079 #79FEAD #7987FE #FE79C9

split-complementary

#FEF079 #79C9FE #AD79FE

monochromatic

#FBE102 #FEE93C #FEF079 #FEF7B6 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FEF079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.95

#FEF079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF079

17.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF079	1.00	1.17	17.95	17.95
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE96E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF07F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 240, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.141 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4a3',
    500: '#fef079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef079;
$custom-light: #fff4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 98.519,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94292,
    "c": 0.14078,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.84771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF079

secondary

#3F50DC

accent

#18E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF079

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

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