#FEF174#FEF174

#FEF174 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.852; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.146 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF174
RGB	rgb(254, 241, 116)
HSL	hsl(54, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 54.3%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.99, -11.06, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.99, 61.96, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(94.44% -0.0338 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(94.44% 0.146 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(75.4831, 85.2450, 28.9974)
Luminance	0.8524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF174 #7481FE

analogous

#FEAC74 #FEF174 #C6FE74

triadic

#FEF174 #74FEF1 #F174FE

tetradic

#FEF174 #74FEAC #7481FE #FE74C6

square

#FEF174 #74FEAC #7481FE #FE74C6

split-complementary

#FEF174 #74C6FE #AC74FE

monochromatic

#F6DF02 #FEEB37 #FEF174 #FEF7B1 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FEF174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.05

#FEF174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF174

18.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF174	1.00	1.16	18.05	18.05
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF17A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 241, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.146 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff59f',
    500: '#fef174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef174;
$custom-light: #fff59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.348,
    "s": 98.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94436,
    "c": 0.14623,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.85242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF174

secondary

#3B4ADB

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF174

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

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