#FEF59E#FEF59E

#FEF59E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.888; OKLCH L 95.8% C 0.108 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF59E
RGB	rgb(254, 245, 158)
HSL	hsl(54, 98%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(54, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 37.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.52, -9.18, 42.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.52, 43.94, 102.06°)
OKLab	oklab(95.81% -0.0246 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(95.81% 0.108 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(79.6983, 88.8463, 45.2919)
Luminance	0.8884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF59E #9EA7FE

analogous

#FEC59E #FEF59E #D7FE9E

triadic

#FEF59E #9EFEF5 #F59EFE

tetradic

#FEF59E #9EFEC5 #9EA7FE #FE9ED7

square

#FEF59E #9EFEC5 #9EA7FE #FE9ED7

split-complementary

#FEF59E #9ED7FE #C59EFE

monochromatic

#FDE925 #FDEF61 #FEF59E #FFFBDB #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FEF59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.77

#FEF59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF59E

18.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF59E	1.00	1.12	18.77	18.77
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEADF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 245, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.8% 0.108 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff8bb',
    500: '#fef59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef59e;
$custom-light: #fff8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 97.959,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95814,
    "c": 0.10814,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.88844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF59E

secondary

#5F6BE1

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF59E

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

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