#FEF197#FEF197

#FEF197 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.862; OKLCH L 94.9% C 0.112 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF197
RGB	rgb(254, 241, 151)
HSL	hsl(52, 98%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(52, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 40.6%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.41, -7.94, 44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.41, 45.68, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(94.9% -0.0215 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(94.9% 0.112 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(77.9158, 86.2180, 41.8095)
Luminance	0.8622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF197 #97A4FE

analogous

#FEBE97 #FEF197 #D8FE97

triadic

#FEF197 #97FEF1 #F197FE

tetradic

#FEF197 #97FEBE #97A4FE #FE97D8

square

#FEF197 #97FEBE #97A4FE #FE97D8

split-complementary

#FEF197 #97D8FE #BE97FE

monochromatic

#FDE11E #FDE95A #FEF197 #FFF9D4 #FFFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FEF197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.24

#FEF197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF197

18.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF197	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)

#FFEC90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 241, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.9% 0.112 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff5b7',
    500: '#fef197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef197;
$custom-light: #fff5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.427,
    "s": 98.095,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94902,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.86216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF197

secondary

#596AE0

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF197

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

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