#FEF272#FEF272

#FEF272 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.858; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.149 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF272
RGB	rgb(254, 242, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 55.1%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.22, -11.70, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.22, 63.21, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(94.62% -0.0359 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(94.62% 0.149 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(75.6649, 85.7926, 28.4902)
Luminance	0.8579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF272 #727EFE

analogous

#FEAC72 #FEF272 #C4FE72

triadic

#FEF272 #72FEF2 #F272FE

tetradic

#FEF272 #72FEAC #727EFE #FE72C4

square

#FEF272 #72FEAC #727EFE #FE72C4

split-complementary

#FEF272 #72C4FE #AC72FE

monochromatic

#F4DF02 #FEEC35 #FEF272 #FEF8AF #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FEF272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.16

#FEF272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF272

18.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF272	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)

#FFEB65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 242, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.149 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff69e',
    500: '#fef272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef272;
$custom-light: #fff69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94616,
    "c": 0.14893,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.8579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF272

secondary

#3947DB

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF272

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

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