#FEF291#FEF291

#FEF291 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.866; OKLCH L 95.0% C 0.119 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF291
RGB	rgb(254, 242, 145)
HSL	hsl(53, 98%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 42.9%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.58, -9.03, 48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.58, 48.96, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(95.01% -0.0252 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(95.01% 0.119 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(77.7377, 86.6217, 39.4073)
Luminance	0.8662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF291 #919DFE

analogous

#FEBB91 #FEF291 #D4FE91

triadic

#FEF291 #91FEF2 #F291FE

tetradic

#FEF291 #91FEBB #919DFE #FE91D4

square

#FEF291 #91FEBB #919DFE #FE91D4

split-complementary

#FEF291 #91D4FE #BB91FE

monochromatic

#FDE418 #FDEB54 #FEF291 #FFF9CE #FFFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FEF291 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.32

#FEF291 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF291

18.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF291	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF291	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)

#FFEC89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef291;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 242, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.0% 0.119 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6b3',
    500: '#fef291',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef291;
$custom-light: #fff6b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef291",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.394,
    "s": 98.198,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95012,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.86619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF291

secondary

#5463DF

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF291

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

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