#FEF290#FEF290

#FEF290 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.866; OKLCH L 95.0% C 0.120 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF290
RGB	rgb(254, 242, 144)
HSL	hsl(53, 98%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 43.3%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.56, -9.13, 48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.56, 49.44, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(95% -0.0255 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(95% 0.12 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(77.6609, 86.5910, 39.0030)
Luminance	0.8659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF290 #909CFE

analogous

#FEBB90 #FEF290 #D3FE90

triadic

#FEF290 #90FEF2 #F290FE

tetradic

#FEF290 #90FEBB #909CFE #FE90D3

square

#FEF290 #90FEBB #909CFE #FE90D3

split-complementary

#FEF290 #90D3FE #BB90FE

monochromatic

#FDE417 #FDEB53 #FEF290 #FFF9CD #FFFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FEF290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.32

#FEF290 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF290

18.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF290	1.00	1.15	18.32	18.32
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 242, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.0% 0.120 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6b2',
    500: '#fef290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef290;
$custom-light: #fff6b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 98.214,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94997,
    "c": 0.1201,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.86589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF290

secondary

#5362DF

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF290

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

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