#FEF281#FEF281

#FEF281 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.862; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.135 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF281
RGB	rgb(254, 242, 129)
HSL	hsl(54, 98%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 49.2%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.38, -10.50, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.38, 56.47, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(94.79% -0.0309 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(94.79% 0.135 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(76.5897, 86.1625, 33.3612)
Luminance	0.8616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF281 #818DFE

analogous

#FEB381 #FEF281 #CBFE81

triadic

#FEF281 #81FEF2 #F281FE

tetradic

#FEF281 #81FEB3 #818DFE #FE81CB

square

#FEF281 #81FEB3 #818DFE #FE81CB

split-complementary

#FEF281 #81CBFE #B381FE

monochromatic

#FDE508 #FEEC44 #FEF281 #FEF8BE #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FEF281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.23

#FEF281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF281

18.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF281	1.00	1.15	18.23	18.23
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 242, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.135 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6a8',
    500: '#fef281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef281;
$custom-light: #fff6a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.24,
    "s": 98.425,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94793,
    "c": 0.13515,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.8616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF281

secondary

#4655DD

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF281

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

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