#FEF18A#FEF18A

#FEF18A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.858; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.125 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF18A
RGB	rgb(254, 241, 138)
HSL	hsl(53, 98%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 46%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 45.7%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.23, -9.21, 51.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.23, 51.88, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(94.71% -0.0263 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(94.71% 0.125 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(76.9177, 85.8188, 36.5528)
Luminance	0.8582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF18A #8A97FE

analogous

#FEB78A #FEF18A #D1FE8A

triadic

#FEF18A #8AFEF1 #F18AFE

tetradic

#FEF18A #8AFEB7 #8A97FE #FE8AD1

square

#FEF18A #8AFEB7 #8A97FE #FE8AD1

split-complementary

#FEF18A #8AD1FE #B78AFE

monochromatic

#FDE211 #FDEA4D #FEF18A #FFF8C7 #FFFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FEF18A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.16

#FEF18A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF18A

18.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF18A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF18A	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)

#FFEB81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF18E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef18a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 241, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.125 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff5ae',
    500: '#fef18a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef18a;
$custom-light: #fff5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef18a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.276,
    "s": 98.305,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94711,
    "c": 0.12527,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.85816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF18A

secondary

#4E5EDE

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF18A

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

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