#FEF696#FEF696

#FEF696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.892; OKLCH L 95.9% C 0.118 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF696
RGB	rgb(254, 246, 150)
HSL	hsl(55, 98%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 40.9%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.66, -10.51, 47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.66, 48.22, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(95.89% -0.029 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(95.89% 0.118 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(79.3353, 89.1864, 41.8838)
Luminance	0.8918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF696 #969EFE

analogous

#FEC296 #FEF696 #D2FE96

triadic

#FEF696 #96FEF6 #F696FE

tetradic

#FEF696 #96FEC2 #969EFE #FE96D2

square

#FEF696 #96FEC2 #969EFE #FE96D2

split-complementary

#FEF696 #96D2FE #C296FE

monochromatic

#FDEC1D #FDF159 #FEF696 #FFFBD3 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FEF696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.84

#FEF696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF696

18.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF696	1.00	1.11	18.84	18.84
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF08F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEADF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 246, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.9% 0.118 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff9b6',
    500: '#fef696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef696;
$custom-light: #fff9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 246,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 98.113,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95891,
    "c": 0.11786,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.89184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF696

secondary

#5863E0

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF696

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

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