#FEF295#FEF295

#FEF295 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.867; OKLCH L 95.1% C 0.115 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF295
RGB	rgb(254, 242, 149)
HSL	hsl(53, 98%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(53, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 41.3%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.63, -8.64, 46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.63, 47.05, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(95.07% -0.0237 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(95.07% 0.115 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(78.0516, 86.7472, 41.0603)
Luminance	0.8675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF295 #95A1FE

analogous

#FEBE95 #FEF295 #D6FE95

triadic

#FEF295 #95FEF2 #F295FE

tetradic

#FEF295 #95FEBE #95A1FE #FE95D6

square

#FEF295 #95FEBE #95A1FE #FE95D6

split-complementary

#FEF295 #95D6FE #BE95FE

monochromatic

#FDE31C #FDEB58 #FEF295 #FFF9D2 #FFFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FEF295 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.35

#FEF295 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF295

18.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF295	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF295	1.00	1.14	18.35	18.35
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef295;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 242, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.1% 0.115 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6b5',
    500: '#fef295',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef295;
$custom-light: #fff6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef295",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 98.131,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95072,
    "c": 0.11482,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.86745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF295

secondary

#5767E0

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF295

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

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