#FEF199#FEF199

#FEF199 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.863; OKLCH L 94.9% C 0.110 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF199
RGB	rgb(254, 241, 153)
HSL	hsl(52, 98%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(52, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 39.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.43, -7.73, 44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.43, 44.71, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(94.93% -0.0207 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(94.93% 0.11 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(78.0796, 86.2836, 42.6722)
Luminance	0.8628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF199 #99A6FE

analogous

#FEBE99 #FEF199 #D9FE99

triadic

#FEF199 #99FEF1 #F199FE

tetradic

#FEF199 #99FEBE #99A6FE #FE99D9

square

#FEF199 #99FEBE #99A6FE #FE99D9

split-complementary

#FEF199 #99D9FE #BE99FE

monochromatic

#FDE020 #FDE95C #FEF199 #FFF9D6 #FFFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FEF199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.26

#FEF199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF199

18.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF199	1.00	1.15	18.26	18.26
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 241, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.9% 0.110 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff5b8',
    500: '#fef199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef199;
$custom-light: #fff5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.277,
    "s": 98.058,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94933,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.86281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF199

secondary

#5B6CE0

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF199

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

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