#FEF16C#FEF16C

#FEF16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.851; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.153 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF16C
RGB	rgb(254, 241, 108)
HSL	hsl(55, 99%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 57.5%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.91, -11.64, 64.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.91, 65.44, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(94.35% -0.0364 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(94.35% 0.153 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.0377, 85.0668, 26.6513)
Luminance	0.8506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF16C #6C79FE

analogous

#FEA86C #FEF16C #C2FE6C

triadic

#FEF16C #6CFEF1 #F16CFE

tetradic

#FEF16C #6CFEA8 #6C79FE #FE6CC2

square

#FEF16C #6CFEA8 #6C79FE #FE6CC2

split-complementary

#FEF16C #6CC2FE #A86CFE

monochromatic

#EED902 #FEEB2F #FEF16C #FEF7A9 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FEF16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.01

#FEF16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF16C

18.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF16C	1.00	1.17	18.01	18.01
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 241, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.153 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff59a',
    500: '#fef16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef16c;
$custom-light: #fff59a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.658,
    "s": 98.649,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9435,
    "c": 0.15312,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.85064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF16C

secondary

#3443DA

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF16C

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

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