#FEF490#FEF490

#FEF490 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.878; OKLCH L 95.4% C 0.122 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF490
RGB	rgb(254, 244, 144)
HSL	hsl(55, 98%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(55, 43%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 43.3%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.07, -10.12, 49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.07, 50.25, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(95.4% -0.0284 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(95.4% 0.122 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(78.2595, 87.7880, 39.2025)
Luminance	0.8779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF490 #909AFE

analogous

#FEBD90 #FEF490 #D1FE90

triadic

#FEF490 #90FEF4 #F490FE

tetradic

#FEF490 #90FEBD #909AFE #FE90D1

square

#FEF490 #90FEBD #909AFE #FE90D1

split-complementary

#FEF490 #90D1FE #BD90FE

monochromatic

#FDE817 #FDEE53 #FEF490 #FFFACD #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#FEF490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.56

#FEF490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF490

18.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF490	1.00	1.13	18.56	18.56
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 244, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.4% 0.122 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff7b2',
    500: '#fef490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef490;
$custom-light: #fff7b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 98.214,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.954,
    "c": 0.12211,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.87786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF490

secondary

#5360DF

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF490

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

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