#FEF173#FEF173

#FEF173 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.852; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.147 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF173
RGB	rgb(254, 241, 115)
HSL	hsl(54, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 54.7%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.98, -11.14, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.98, 62.40, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(94.43% -0.0342 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(94.43% 0.147 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(75.4253, 85.2218, 28.6927)
Luminance	0.8522 (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

#FEF173 #7380FE

analogous

#FEAB73 #FEF173 #C6FE73

triadic

#FEF173 #73FEF1 #F173FE

tetradic

#FEF173 #73FEAB #7380FE #FE73C6

square

#FEF173 #73FEAB #7380FE #FE73C6

split-complementary

#FEF173 #73C6FE #AB73FE

monochromatic

#F5DE02 #FEEB36 #FEF173 #FEF7B0 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FEF173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.04

#FEF173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF173

18.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF173	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)

#FFEA66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 241, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.147 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff59f',
    500: '#fef173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef173;
$custom-light: #fff59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.388,
    "s": 98.582,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94425,
    "c": 0.14711,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.85219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF173

secondary

#3A49DB

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF173

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

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