#FEF277#FEF277

#FEF277 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.859; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.144 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF277
RGB	rgb(254, 242, 119)
HSL	hsl(55, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 53.1%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.27, -11.32, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.27, 61.00, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(94.67% -0.0343 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(94.67% 0.144 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.9573, 85.9095, 30.0303)
Luminance	0.8591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF277 #7783FE

analogous

#FEAF77 #FEF277 #C6FE77

triadic

#FEF277 #77FEF2 #F277FE

tetradic

#FEF277 #77FEAF #7783FE #FE77C6

square

#FEF277 #77FEAF #7783FE #FE77C6

split-complementary

#FEF277 #77C6FE #AF77FE

monochromatic

#F9E302 #FEEC3A #FEF277 #FEF8B4 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FEF277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.18

#FEF277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF277

18.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF277	1.00	1.16	18.18	18.18
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF17D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 242, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.144 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6a1',
    500: '#fef277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef277;
$custom-light: #fff6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 98.54,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94672,
    "c": 0.14449,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.85907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF277

secondary

#3E4CDC

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF277

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

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