#FEF479#FEF479

#FEF479 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.872; OKLCH L 95.1% C 0.145 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF479
RGB	rgb(254, 244, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 99%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 52.4%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.80, -12.15, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.80, 60.88, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(95.1% -0.0364 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(95.1% 0.145 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(76.6772, 87.1551, 30.8690)
Luminance	0.8715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF479 #7983FE

analogous

#FEB179 #FEF479 #C5FE79

triadic

#FEF479 #79FEF4 #F479FE

tetradic

#FEF479 #79FEB1 #7983FE #FE79C5

square

#FEF479 #79FEB1 #7983FE #FE79C5

split-complementary

#FEF479 #79C5FE #B179FE

monochromatic

#FBE802 #FEEF3C #FEF479 #FEF9B6 #FFFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FEF479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.43

#FEF479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF479

18.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF479	1.00	1.14	18.43	18.43
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 244, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.1% 0.145 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff7a3',
    500: '#fef479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef479;
$custom-light: #fff7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 98.519,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.951,
    "c": 0.14461,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.87153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF479

secondary

#3F4BDC

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF479

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

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