#FEF997#FEF997

#FEF997 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.911; OKLCH L 96.5% C 0.120 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF997
RGB	rgb(254, 249, 151)
HSL	hsl(57, 98%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(57, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 40.6%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.43, -11.88, 47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.43, 49.02, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(96.51% -0.0329 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(96.51% 0.12 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(80.3360, 91.0585, 42.6163)
Luminance	0.9106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF997 #979CFE

analogous

#FEC697 #FEF997 #D0FE97

triadic

#FEF997 #97FEF9 #F997FE

tetradic

#FEF997 #97FEC6 #979CFE #FE97D0

square

#FEF997 #97FEC6 #979CFE #FE97D0

split-complementary

#FEF997 #97D0FE #C697FE

monochromatic

#FDF21E #FDF65A #FEF997 #FFFCD4 #FFFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.09

#FEF997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.21

#FEF997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF997

19.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF997	1.00	1.09	19.21	19.21
#FFFFFF	1.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF28F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEDE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F5F5F5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 249, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.5% 0.120 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbb7',
    500: '#fef997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef997;
$custom-light: #fffbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.087,
    "s": 98.095,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96511,
    "c": 0.12,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.91057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF997

secondary

#5960E0

accent

#0BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF997

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

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