#FEF165#FEF165

#FEF165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.849; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.159 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF165
RGB	rgb(254, 241, 101)
HSL	hsl(55, 99%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 60.2%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.85, -12.11, 67.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.85, 68.39, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(94.28% -0.0384 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(94.28% 0.159 104)
XYZ	xyz(74.6800, 84.9237, 24.7675)
Luminance	0.8492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF165 #6572FE

analogous

#FEA565 #FEF165 #BFFE65

triadic

#FEF165 #65FEF1 #F165FE

tetradic

#FEF165 #65FEA5 #6572FE #FE65BF

square

#FEF165 #65FEA5 #6572FE #FE65BF

split-complementary

#FEF165 #65BFFE #A565FE

monochromatic

#E7D402 #FEEB28 #FEF165 #FEF7A2 #FFFCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FEF165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.98

#FEF165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF165

17.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF165	1.00	1.17	17.98	17.98
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF06D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 241, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.159 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff596',
    500: '#fef165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef165;
$custom-light: #fff596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.902,
    "s": 98.71,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94282,
    "c": 0.1588,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.84921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF165

secondary

#2E3DD9

accent

#13E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF165

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

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