#FEF27B#FEF27B

#FEF27B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.860; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.141 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF27B
RGB	rgb(254, 242, 123)
HSL	hsl(55, 98%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 51.6%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.32, -11.00, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.32, 59.20, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(94.72% -0.0329 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(94.72% 0.141 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(76.2026, 86.0076, 31.3221)
Luminance	0.8600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF27B #7B87FE

analogous

#FEB17B #FEF27B #C9FE7B

triadic

#FEF27B #7BFEF2 #F27BFE

tetradic

#FEF27B #7BFEB1 #7B87FE #FE7BC9

square

#FEF27B #7BFEB1 #7B87FE #FE7BC9

split-complementary

#FEF27B #7BC9FE #B17BFE

monochromatic

#FDE602 #FEEC3E #FEF27B #FEF8B8 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FEF27B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.20

#FEF27B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF27B

18.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF27B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF27B	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)

#FFEB70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF281

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef27b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 242, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.141 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6a4',
    500: '#fef27b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef27b;
$custom-light: #fff6a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef27b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 98.496,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94719,
    "c": 0.14083,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.86005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF27B

secondary

#414FDC

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF27B

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

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