#FEF481#FEF481

#FEF481 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.874; OKLCH L 95.2% C 0.137 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF481
RGB	rgb(254, 244, 129)
HSL	hsl(55, 98%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 49.2%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.89, -11.49, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.89, 57.26, 101.57°)
OKLab	oklab(95.2% -0.0337 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(95.2% 0.137 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(77.1882, 87.3595, 33.5607)
Luminance	0.8736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF481 #818BFE

analogous

#FEB581 #FEF481 #C9FE81

triadic

#FEF481 #81FEF4 #F481FE

tetradic

#FEF481 #81FEB5 #818BFE #FE81C9

square

#FEF481 #81FEB5 #818BFE #FE81C9

split-complementary

#FEF481 #81C9FE #B581FE

monochromatic

#FDE908 #FEEF44 #FEF481 #FEF9BE #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FEF481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.47

#FEF481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF481

18.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF481	1.00	1.14	18.47	18.47
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 244, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.2% 0.137 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff7a8',
    500: '#fef481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef481;
$custom-light: #fff7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 98.425,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95197,
    "c": 0.13712,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.87357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF481

secondary

#4652DD

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF481

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

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