#FEF799#FEF799

#FEF799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.899; OKLCH L 96.1% C 0.116 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF799
RGB	rgb(254, 247, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 98%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 39.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.95, -10.70, 45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.95, 47.20, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(96.14% -0.0293 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(96.14% 0.116 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(79.8850, 89.8942, 43.2740)
Luminance	0.8989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF799 #99A0FE

analogous

#FEC599 #FEF799 #D2FE99

triadic

#FEF799 #99FEF7 #F799FE

tetradic

#FEF799 #99FEC5 #99A0FE #FE99D2

square

#FEF799 #99FEC5 #99A0FE #FE99D2

split-complementary

#FEF799 #99D2FE #C599FE

monochromatic

#FDED20 #FDF25C #FEF799 #FFFCD6 #FFFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FEF799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.98

#FEF799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF799

18.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF799	1.00	1.11	18.98	18.98
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF69D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFECE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 247, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.1% 0.116 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff9b8',
    500: '#fef799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef799;
$custom-light: #fff9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 247,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.842,
    "s": 98.058,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96138,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.89892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF799

secondary

#5B64E0

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF799

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

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