#FEF27C#FEF27C

#FEF27C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.860; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.140 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF27C
RGB	rgb(254, 242, 124)
HSL	hsl(54, 98%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 51.2%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.33, -10.92, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.33, 58.75, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(94.73% -0.0326 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(94.73% 0.14 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(76.2655, 86.0328, 31.6535)
Luminance	0.8603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF27C #7C88FE

analogous

#FEB17C #FEF27C #C9FE7C

triadic

#FEF27C #7CFEF2 #F27CFE

tetradic

#FEF27C #7CFEB1 #7C88FE #FE7CC9

square

#FEF27C #7CFEB1 #7C88FE #FE7CC9

split-complementary

#FEF27C #7CC9FE #B17CFE

monochromatic

#FDE603 #FEEC3F #FEF27C #FEF8B9 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FEF27C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.21

#FEF27C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF27C

18.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF27C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF27C	1.00	1.15	18.21	18.21
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF282

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef27c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 242, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.140 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6a5',
    500: '#fef27c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef27c;
$custom-light: #fff6a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef27c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 98.485,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94731,
    "c": 0.13989,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.8603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF27C

secondary

#4250DC

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF27C

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

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