#FEF59D#FEF59D

#FEF59D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.888; OKLCH L 95.8% C 0.109 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF59D
RGB	rgb(254, 245, 157)
HSL	hsl(54, 98%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(54, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 38.2%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.50, -9.29, 43.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.50, 44.43, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(95.8% -0.0249 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(95.8% 0.109 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(79.6126, 88.8120, 44.8404)
Luminance	0.8881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF59D #9DA6FE

analogous

#FEC49D #FEF59D #D6FE9D

triadic

#FEF59D #9DFEF5 #F59DFE

tetradic

#FEF59D #9DFEC4 #9DA6FE #FE9DD6

square

#FEF59D #9DFEC4 #9DA6FE #FE9DD6

split-complementary

#FEF59D #9DD6FE #C49DFE

monochromatic

#FDE924 #FDEF60 #FEF59D #FFFBDA #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FEF59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.76

#FEF59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF59D

18.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF59D	1.00	1.12	18.76	18.76
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEADF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 245, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.8% 0.109 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff8bb',
    500: '#fef59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef59d;
$custom-light: #fff8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.433,
    "s": 97.98,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95798,
    "c": 0.10924,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.8881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF59D

secondary

#5E6AE1

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF59D

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

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