#FEF161#FEF161

#FEF161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.848; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.162 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF161
RGB	rgb(254, 241, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 99%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 61.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.82, -12.36, 68.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.82, 70.03, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(94.25% -0.0396 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(94.25% 0.162 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(74.4888, 84.8472, 23.7604)
Luminance	0.8484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF161 #616EFE

analogous

#FEA361 #FEF161 #BDFE61

triadic

#FEF161 #61FEF1 #F161FE

tetradic

#FEF161 #61FEA3 #616EFE #FE61BD

square

#FEF161 #61FEA3 #616EFE #FE61BD

split-complementary

#FEF161 #61BDFE #A361FE

monochromatic

#E3D001 #FEEC24 #FEF161 #FEF69E #FFFCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FEF161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.97

#FEF161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF161

17.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF161	1.00	1.17	17.97	17.97
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 241, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.162 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff594',
    500: '#fef161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef161;
$custom-light: #fff594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.032,
    "s": 98.742,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94245,
    "c": 0.16188,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.84844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF161

secondary

#2B39D8

accent

#13E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#19170E

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF161

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

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