#FEF996#FEF996

#FEF996 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.910; OKLCH L 96.5% C 0.121 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF996
RGB	rgb(254, 249, 150)
HSL	hsl(57, 98%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(57, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 40.9%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.42, -11.99, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.42, 49.49, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(96.5% -0.0332 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(96.5% 0.121 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(80.2552, 91.0261, 42.1904)
Luminance	0.9102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF996 #969BFE

analogous

#FEC596 #FEF996 #CFFE96

triadic

#FEF996 #96FEF9 #F996FE

tetradic

#FEF996 #96FEC5 #969BFE #FE96CF

square

#FEF996 #96FEC5 #969BFE #FE96CF

split-complementary

#FEF996 #96CFFE #C596FE

monochromatic

#FDF21D #FDF659 #FEF996 #FFFCD3 #FFFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.09

#FEF996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.20

#FEF996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF996

19.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF996	1.00	1.09	19.20	19.20
#FFFFFF	1.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF28E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEDE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F5F5F5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 249, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.5% 0.121 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbb6',
    500: '#fef996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef996;
$custom-light: #fffbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.115,
    "s": 98.113,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96496,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.91024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF996

secondary

#585FE0

accent

#0BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF996

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

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