#FEF265#FEF265

#FEF265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.855; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.160 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF265
RGB	rgb(254, 242, 101)
HSL	hsl(55, 99%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 60.2%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.11, -12.60, 67.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.11, 68.75, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(94.49% -0.0398 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(94.49% 0.16 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(74.9768, 85.5173, 24.8664)
Luminance	0.8551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF265 #6571FE

analogous

#FEA665 #FEF265 #BEFE65

triadic

#FEF265 #65FEF2 #F265FE

tetradic

#FEF265 #65FEA6 #6571FE #FE65BE

square

#FEF265 #65FEA6 #6571FE #FE65BE

split-complementary

#FEF265 #65BEFE #A665FE

monochromatic

#E7D502 #FEED28 #FEF265 #FEF7A2 #FFFCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FEF265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.10

#FEF265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF265

18.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF265	1.00	1.16	18.10	18.10
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 242, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.160 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff696',
    500: '#fef265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef265;
$custom-light: #fff696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 98.71,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94485,
    "c": 0.15971,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.85515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF265

secondary

#2E3CD9

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF265

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

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