#FEF189#FEF189

#FEF189 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.858; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.126 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF189
RGB	rgb(254, 241, 137)
HSL	hsl(53, 98%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 46%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 46.1%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.22, -9.30, 51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.22, 52.35, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(94.7% -0.0266 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(94.7% 0.126 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(76.8456, 85.7900, 36.1732)
Luminance	0.8579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF189 #8996FE

analogous

#FEB789 #FEF189 #D1FE89

triadic

#FEF189 #89FEF1 #F189FE

tetradic

#FEF189 #89FEB7 #8996FE #FE89D1

square

#FEF189 #89FEB7 #8996FE #FE89D1

split-complementary

#FEF189 #89D1FE #B789FE

monochromatic

#FDE310 #FDEA4C #FEF189 #FFF8C6 #FFFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FEF189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.16

#FEF189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF189

18.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF189	1.00	1.16	18.16	18.16
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF18E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 241, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.126 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff5ad',
    500: '#fef189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef189;
$custom-light: #fff5ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 98.319,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94697,
    "c": 0.12628,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.85788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF189

secondary

#4D5DDE

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF189

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

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