#FEF494#FEF494

#FEF494 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.879; OKLCH L 95.5% C 0.118 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF494
RGB	rgb(254, 244, 148)
HSL	hsl(54, 98%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(54, 42%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 41.7%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.12, -9.73, 47.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.12, 48.34, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(95.46% -0.0269 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(95.46% 0.118 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(78.5706, 87.9125, 40.8412)
Luminance	0.8791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF494 #949EFE

analogous

#FEBF94 #FEF494 #D3FE94

triadic

#FEF494 #94FEF4 #F494FE

tetradic

#FEF494 #94FEBF #949EFE #FE94D3

square

#FEF494 #94FEBF #949EFE #FE94D3

split-complementary

#FEF494 #94D3FE #BF94FE

monochromatic

#FDE81B #FDEE57 #FEF494 #FFFAD1 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#FEF494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.58

#FEF494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF494

18.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF494	1.00	1.13	18.58	18.58
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 244, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.5% 0.118 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff7b5',
    500: '#fef494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef494;
$custom-light: #fff7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 98.148,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95458,
    "c": 0.11791,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.8791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF494

secondary

#5663E0

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF494

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

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