#FEF36C#FEF36C

#FEF36C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.863; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.155 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF36C
RGB	rgb(254, 243, 108)
HSL	hsl(55, 99%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 57.5%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.42, -12.62, 64.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.42, 66.18, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(94.76% -0.0391 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(94.76% 0.155 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.6329, 86.2573, 26.8497)
Luminance	0.8626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF36C #6C77FE

analogous

#FEAA6C #FEF36C #C0FE6C

triadic

#FEF36C #6CFEF3 #F36CFE

tetradic

#FEF36C #6CFEAA #6C77FE #FE6CC0

square

#FEF36C #6CFEAA #6C77FE #FE6CC0

split-complementary

#FEF36C #6CC0FE #AA6CFE

monochromatic

#EEDC02 #FEEE2F #FEF36C #FEF8A9 #FFFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FEF36C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.25

#FEF36C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF36C

18.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF36C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF36C	1.00	1.15	18.25	18.25
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef36c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 243, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.155 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff69b',
    500: '#fef36c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef36c;
$custom-light: #fff69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef36c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 243,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.479,
    "s": 98.649,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94756,
    "c": 0.15499,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.86255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF36C

secondary

#3441DA

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF36C

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

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