#FEF172#FEF172

#FEF172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.852; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.148 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF172
RGB	rgb(254, 241, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 55.1%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.97, -11.21, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.97, 62.84, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(94.41% -0.0345 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(94.41% 0.148 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(75.3680, 85.1989, 28.3913)
Luminance	0.8520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF172 #727FFE

analogous

#FEAB72 #FEF172 #C5FE72

triadic

#FEF172 #72FEF1 #F172FE

tetradic

#FEF172 #72FEAB #727FFE #FE72C5

square

#FEF172 #72FEAB #727FFE #FE72C5

split-complementary

#FEF172 #72C5FE #AB72FE

monochromatic

#F4DD02 #FEEB35 #FEF172 #FEF7AF #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FEF172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.04

#FEF172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF172

18.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF172	1.00	1.16	18.04	18.04
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 241, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.148 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff59e',
    500: '#fef172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef172;
$custom-light: #fff59e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.429,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94414,
    "c": 0.14799,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.85196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF172

secondary

#3948DB

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF172

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

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