#FEF299#FEF299

#FEF299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.869; OKLCH L 95.1% C 0.111 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF299
RGB	rgb(254, 242, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 98%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 39.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.69, -8.23, 44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.69, 45.12, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(95.13% -0.0222 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(95.13% 0.111 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(78.3764, 86.8772, 42.7712)
Luminance	0.8688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF299 #99A5FE

analogous

#FEBF99 #FEF299 #D8FE99

triadic

#FEF299 #99FEF2 #F299FE

tetradic

#FEF299 #99FEBF #99A5FE #FE99D8

square

#FEF299 #99FEBF #99A5FE #FE99D8

split-complementary

#FEF299 #99D8FE #BF99FE

monochromatic

#FDE320 #FDEA5C #FEF299 #FFFAD6 #FFFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FEF299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.38

#FEF299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF299

18.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF299	1.00	1.14	18.38	18.38
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 242, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.1% 0.111 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6b8',
    500: '#fef299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef299;
$custom-light: #fff6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.871,
    "s": 98.058,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95133,
    "c": 0.11052,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.86875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF299

secondary

#5B6BE0

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF299

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

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