#FEF879#FEF879

#FEF879 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.896; OKLCH L 95.9% C 0.149 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF879
RGB	rgb(254, 248, 121)
HSL	hsl(57, 99%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 52.4%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.83, -14.10, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.83, 62.46, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(95.91% -0.042 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(95.91% 0.149 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(77.8938, 89.5884, 31.2745)
Luminance	0.8959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF879 #797FFE

analogous

#FEB579 #FEF879 #C1FE79

triadic

#FEF879 #79FEF8 #F879FE

tetradic

#FEF879 #79FEB5 #797FFE #FE79C1

square

#FEF879 #79FEB5 #797FFE #FE79C1

split-complementary

#FEF879 #79C1FE #B579FE

monochromatic

#FBEF02 #FEF53C #FEF879 #FEFBB6 #FFFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FEF879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.92

#FEF879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF879

18.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF879	1.00	1.11	18.92	18.92
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF06D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF67F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEADB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 248, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.9% 0.149 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffaa3',
    500: '#fef879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef879;
$custom-light: #fffaa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.293,
    "s": 98.519,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95913,
    "c": 0.14858,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.89586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF879

secondary

#3F46DC

accent

#0AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF6

border

#D7D7D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF879

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

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