#FEF972#FEF972

#FEF972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.900; OKLCH L 96.0% C 0.156 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF972
RGB	rgb(254, 249, 114)
HSL	hsl(58, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 55.1%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.01, -15.12, 64.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.01, 65.91, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(96.04% -0.0456 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(96.04% 0.156 107)
XYZ	xyz(77.7883, 90.0394, 29.1980)
Luminance	0.9004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF972 #7277FE

analogous

#FEB372 #FEF972 #BDFE72

triadic

#FEF972 #72FEF9 #F972FE

tetradic

#FEF972 #72FEB3 #7277FE #FE72BD

square

#FEF972 #72FEB3 #7277FE #FE72BD

split-complementary

#FEF972 #72BDFE #B372FE

monochromatic

#F4EB02 #FEF635 #FEF972 #FEFCAF #FFFEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.10

#FEF972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.01

#FEF972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF972

19.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF972	1.00	1.10	19.01	19.01
#FFFFFF	1.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF064

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 249, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.0% 0.156 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffb9f',
    500: '#fef972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef972;
$custom-light: #fffb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9604,
    "c": 0.15575,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.90037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF972

secondary

#393FDB

accent

#08E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF972

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

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