#FEF96E#FEF96E
#FEF96E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.899; OKLCH L 96.0% C 0.159 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FEF96E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(254, 249, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(58, 99%, 71%) |
| HSV | hsv(58, 57%, 100%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 2%, 56.7%, 0.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(95.98, -15.41, 65.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(95.98, 67.62, 103.17°) |
| OKLab | oklab(96% -0.0469 0.1521) |
| OKLCH | oklch(96% 0.159 107.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(77.5656, 89.9503, 28.0251) |
| Luminance | 0.8995 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 1.06
Pastel Yellow
#FFFE71
ΔE00 1.26
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 1.29
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 1.61
Light Yellow
#FFFE7A
ΔE00 1.61
Banana (survey)
#FFFF7E
ΔE00 2.09
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FEF96E #6E73FE
analogous
#FEB16E #FEF96E #BBFE6E
triadic
#FEF96E #6EFEF9 #F96EFE
tetradic
#FEF96E #6EFEB1 #6E73FE #FE6EBB
square
#FEF96E #6EFEB1 #6E73FE #FE6EBB
split-complementary
#FEF96E #6EBBFE #B16EFE
monochromatic
#F0E802 #FEF631 #FEF96E #FEFCAB #FFFEE1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.11
#FEF96E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
18.99
#FEF96E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FEF96E
18.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FEF96E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FEF96E | 1.00 | 1.11 | 18.99 | 18.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.11 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 18.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 18.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFF05F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFF676
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFEBDB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#F3F3F3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fef96e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 249, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(96.0% 0.159 107.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fffb9c',
500: '#fef96e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fef96e; $custom-light: #fffb9c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fef96e",
"rgb": {
"r": 254,
"g": 249,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 57.917,
"s": 98.63,
"l": 71.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.95999,
"c": 0.15912,
"h": 107.1
},
"luminance": 0.89948
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FEF96E
secondary
#363CDA
accent
#08E600
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFFF5
border
#D7D7CF
text
#18170F
muted
#868580