#FEF57D#FEF57D

#FEF57D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.879; OKLCH L 95.3% C 0.142 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF57D
RGB	rgb(254, 245, 125)
HSL	hsl(56, 98%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 50.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.10, -12.31, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.10, 59.47, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(95.35% -0.0365 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(95.35% 0.142 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(77.2293, 87.8587, 32.2883)
Luminance	0.8786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF57D #7D86FE

analogous

#FEB57D #FEF57D #C7FE7D

triadic

#FEF57D #7DFEF5 #F57DFE

tetradic

#FEF57D #7DFEB5 #7D86FE #FE7DC7

square

#FEF57D #7DFEB5 #7D86FE #FE7DC7

split-complementary

#FEF57D #7DC7FE #B57DFE

monochromatic

#FDEC04 #FEF040 #FEF57D #FEFABA #FFFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#FEF57D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.57

#FEF57D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF57D

18.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF57D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF57D	1.00	1.13	18.57	18.57
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef57d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 245, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.3% 0.142 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff8a5',
    500: '#fef57d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef57d;
$custom-light: #fff8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef57d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 98.473,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9535,
    "c": 0.1419,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.87856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF57D

secondary

#434EDC

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF57D

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

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