#FEF697#FEF697

#FEF697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.892; OKLCH L 95.9% C 0.117 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF697
RGB	rgb(254, 246, 151)
HSL	hsl(55, 98%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 40.6%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.67, -10.41, 46.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.67, 47.74, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(95.91% -0.0286 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(95.91% 0.117 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(79.4162, 89.2188, 42.3097)
Luminance	0.8922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF697 #979FFE

analogous

#FEC397 #FEF697 #D3FE97

triadic

#FEF697 #97FEF6 #F697FE

tetradic

#FEF697 #97FEC3 #979FFE #FE97D3

square

#FEF697 #97FEC3 #979FFE #FE97D3

split-complementary

#FEF697 #97D3FE #C397FE

monochromatic

#FDEC1E #FDF15A #FEF697 #FFFBD4 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FEF697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.84

#FEF697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF697

18.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF697	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)

#FFF090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEADF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 246, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.9% 0.117 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff9b7',
    500: '#fef697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef697;
$custom-light: #fff9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 246,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.34,
    "s": 98.095,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95906,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.89217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF697

secondary

#5964E0

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF697

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

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