#FEF495#FEF495

#FEF495 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.879; OKLCH L 95.5% C 0.117 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF495
RGB	rgb(254, 244, 149)
HSL	hsl(54, 98%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(54, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 41.3%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.14, -9.63, 46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.14, 47.87, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(95.47% -0.0265 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(95.47% 0.117 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(78.6501, 87.9443, 41.2598)
Luminance	0.8794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF495 #959FFE

analogous

#FEC095 #FEF495 #D4FE95

triadic

#FEF495 #95FEF4 #F495FE

tetradic

#FEF495 #95FEC0 #959FFE #FE95D4

square

#FEF495 #95FEC0 #959FFE #FE95D4

split-complementary

#FEF495 #95D4FE #C095FE

monochromatic

#FDE71C #FDEE58 #FEF495 #FFFAD2 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#FEF495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.59

#FEF495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF495

18.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF495	1.00	1.13	18.59	18.59
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 244, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.5% 0.117 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff7b5',
    500: '#fef495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef495;
$custom-light: #fff7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 98.131,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95473,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.87942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF495

secondary

#5764E0

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF495

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

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