#FEF278#FEF278

#FEF278 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 18.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF278
RGB	rgb(254, 242, 120)
HSL	hsl(55, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 52.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.28, -11.24, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.28, 60.55, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(94.68% -0.0339 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(94.68% 0.144 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(76.0176, 85.9337, 30.3482)
Luminance	0.8593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF278 #7884FE

analogous

#FEAF78 #FEF278 #C7FE78

triadic

#FEF278 #78FEF2 #F278FE

tetradic

#FEF278 #78FEAF #7884FE #FE78C7

square

#FEF278 #78FEAF #7884FE #FE78C7

split-complementary

#FEF278 #78C7FE #AF78FE

monochromatic

#FAE402 #FEEC3B #FEF278 #FEF8B5 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FEF278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.19

#FEF278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF278

18.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF278	1.00	1.15	18.19	18.19
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF17E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 242, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.144 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6a2',
    500: '#fef278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef278;
$custom-light: #fff6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 98.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94684,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.85931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF278

secondary

#3F4DDC

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF278

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

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