#FEF27A#FEF27A

#FEF27A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.860; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.142 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF27A
RGB	rgb(254, 242, 122)
HSL	hsl(55, 99%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 52%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.31, -11.08, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.31, 59.66, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(94.71% -0.0333 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(94.71% 0.142 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(76.1403, 85.9827, 30.9941)
Luminance	0.8598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF27A #7A86FE

analogous

#FEB07A #FEF27A #C8FE7A

triadic

#FEF27A #7AFEF2 #F27AFE

tetradic

#FEF27A #7AFEB0 #7A86FE #FE7AC8

square

#FEF27A #7AFEB0 #7A86FE #FE7AC8

split-complementary

#FEF27A #7AC8FE #B07AFE

monochromatic

#FCE502 #FEEC3D #FEF27A #FEF8B7 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FEF27A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.20

#FEF27A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF27A

18.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF27A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF27A	1.00	1.15	18.20	18.20
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef27a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 242, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.142 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6a3',
    500: '#fef27a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef27a;
$custom-light: #fff6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef27a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 98.507,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94707,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.8598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF27A

secondary

#404EDC

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF27A

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

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