#FEF273#FEF273

#FEF273 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.858; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.148 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF273
RGB	rgb(254, 242, 115)
HSL	hsl(55, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 54.7%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.23, -11.63, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.23, 62.77, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(94.63% -0.0356 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(94.63% 0.148 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(75.7221, 85.8154, 28.7916)
Luminance	0.8581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF273 #737FFE

analogous

#FEAC73 #FEF273 #C5FE73

triadic

#FEF273 #73FEF2 #F273FE

tetradic

#FEF273 #73FEAC #737FFE #FE73C5

square

#FEF273 #73FEAC #737FFE #FE73C5

split-complementary

#FEF273 #73C5FE #AC73FE

monochromatic

#F5E002 #FEEC36 #FEF273 #FEF8B0 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FEF273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.16

#FEF273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF273

18.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF273	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)

#FFEB66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 242, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.148 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff69f',
    500: '#fef273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef273;
$custom-light: #fff69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.82,
    "s": 98.582,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94627,
    "c": 0.14805,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.85813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF273

secondary

#3A48DB

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF273

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

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