#FEF699#FEF699

#FEF699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.893; OKLCH L 95.9% C 0.115 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF699
RGB	rgb(254, 246, 153)
HSL	hsl(55, 98%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(55, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 39.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.70, -10.20, 45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.70, 46.78, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(95.94% -0.0279 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(95.94% 0.115 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(79.5800, 89.2843, 43.1723)
Luminance	0.8928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF699 #99A1FE

analogous

#FEC499 #FEF699 #D3FE99

triadic

#FEF699 #99FEF6 #F699FE

tetradic

#FEF699 #99FEC4 #99A1FE #FE99D3

square

#FEF699 #99FEC4 #99A1FE #FE99D3

split-complementary

#FEF699 #99D3FE #C499FE

monochromatic

#FDEB20 #FDF15C #FEF699 #FFFBD6 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FEF699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.86

#FEF699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF699

18.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF699	1.00	1.11	18.86	18.86
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 246, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.9% 0.115 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff9b8',
    500: '#fef699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef699;
$custom-light: #fff9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 246,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.248,
    "s": 98.058,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95936,
    "c": 0.11465,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.89282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF699

secondary

#5B65E0

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF699

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

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