#FEF596#FEF596

#FEF596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.886; OKLCH L 95.7% C 0.117 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF596
RGB	rgb(254, 245, 150)
HSL	hsl(55, 98%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 40.9%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.40, -10.02, 46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.40, 47.80, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(95.69% -0.0276 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(95.69% 0.117 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(79.0320, 88.5798, 41.7827)
Luminance	0.8858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF596 #969FFE

analogous

#FEC196 #FEF596 #D3FE96

triadic

#FEF596 #96FEF5 #F596FE

tetradic

#FEF596 #96FEC1 #969FFE #FE96D3

square

#FEF596 #96FEC1 #969FFE #FE96D3

split-complementary

#FEF596 #96D3FE #C196FE

monochromatic

#FDE91D #FDEF59 #FEF596 #FFFBD3 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FEF596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.72

#FEF596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF596

18.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF596	1.00	1.12	18.72	18.72
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE9DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 245, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.7% 0.117 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff8b6',
    500: '#fef596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef596;
$custom-light: #fff8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.808,
    "s": 98.113,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95689,
    "c": 0.11682,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.88578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF596

secondary

#5864E0

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF596

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

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