#FEF196#FEF196

#FEF196 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.862; OKLCH L 94.9% C 0.113 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF196
RGB	rgb(254, 241, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 98%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(53, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 40.9%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.39, -8.04, 45.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.39, 46.16, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(94.89% -0.0219 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(94.89% 0.113 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(77.8349, 86.1857, 41.3837)
Luminance	0.8618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF196 #96A3FE

analogous

#FEBD96 #FEF196 #D7FE96

triadic

#FEF196 #96FEF1 #F196FE

tetradic

#FEF196 #96FEBD #96A3FE #FE96D7

square

#FEF196 #96FEBD #96A3FE #FE96D7

split-complementary

#FEF196 #96D7FE #BD96FE

monochromatic

#FDE11D #FDE959 #FEF196 #FFF9D3 #FFFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FEF196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.24

#FEF196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF196

18.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF196	1.00	1.15	18.24	18.24
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 241, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.9% 0.113 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff5b6',
    500: '#fef196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef196;
$custom-light: #fff5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 98.113,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94886,
    "c": 0.11275,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.86183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF196

secondary

#5869E0

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF196

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

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