#FEF279#FEF279

#FEF279 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.860; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.143 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF279
RGB	rgb(254, 242, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 99%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 52.4%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.29, -11.16, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.29, 60.11, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(94.7% -0.0336 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(94.7% 0.143 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(76.0786, 85.9581, 30.6695)
Luminance	0.8596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF279 #7985FE

analogous

#FEAF79 #FEF279 #C8FE79

triadic

#FEF279 #79FEF2 #F279FE

tetradic

#FEF279 #79FEAF #7985FE #FE79C8

square

#FEF279 #79FEAF #7985FE #FE79C8

split-complementary

#FEF279 #79C8FE #AF79FE

monochromatic

#FBE402 #FEEC3C #FEF279 #FEF8B6 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FEF279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.19

#FEF279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF279

18.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF279	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)

#FFEB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF27F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 242, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.143 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6a3',
    500: '#fef279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef279;
$custom-light: #fff6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 98.519,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94695,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.85956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF279

secondary

#3F4EDC

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF279

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

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