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#fef67c

a light, electric yellow · warm · closest name: Khaki

Token name suggestion: Morning Honey

RGB
254, 246, 124
HSL
56°, 99%, 74%
CMYK
0, 3, 51, 0
Luminance
0.8844

#fef67c is a light electric yellow, 56° on the wheel and 22/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (18.69:1). As text it scores 1.12:1 on white — use #7F7701 instead. Nearest name is Khaki, nearest Tailwind family is yellow.

hsl(56 99% 74%)rgb(254 246 124)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #fef67c is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#fef67c
Hue
56°
yellow
Saturation
99%
electric
Lightness
74%
light
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
93%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8844
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
22/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
18.69:1
Closest name
Khaki
ΔE2000 5.3
Chroma
60.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.955
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
yellow
500 · ΔE 18.6
Web-safe
#FFFF66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue56° of 360°
Saturation99%
Lightness74%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #fef67c.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool22% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red24%
Green75%
Blue2%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#fef67c
HEX (8-digit)#fef67cff
RGBrgb(254, 246, 124)
RGBArgba(254, 246, 124, 1)
HSLhsl(56, 99%, 74%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56, 51%, 100%)
HWBhwb(56 49% 0%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3%, 51%, 0%)
LABlab(95.3 -12.9 58.9)
LCHlch(95.3 60.3 102.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.955 0.144 105.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(77.47, 88.44, 32.05)
Decimal16709244
Display P3color(display-p3 0.996 0.965 0.486)
Web-safe#FFFF66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #fef67c;
background-color: #fef67c;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #fef67c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fef67c] bg-[#fef67c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fef67c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.996, green: 0.965, blue: 0.486)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.996, green: 0.965, blue: 0.486, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FEF67C</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFEF67C)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFEF67C)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(124, 246, 254)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(254, 246, 124)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(254, 246, 124)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 254, 246, 124)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9961f, 0.9647f, 0.4863f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{254,246,124}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #fef67c 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #fef67c 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7F7701, #EEECD3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #fef67c h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FEFDF1;
  --brand-100: #FCFAE3;
  --brand-200: #FBF8C1;
  --brand-300: #fef67c;
  --brand-400: #FEF458;
  --brand-500: #FDF020;
  --brand-600: #F3E402;
  --brand-700: #CABE02;
  --brand-800: #A29801;
  --brand-900: #756E06;
  --brand-950: #494504;
  --brand: #fef67c;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-border: #EDEAC0;
  --brand-hover: #FEF458;
  --brand-pressed: #FDF135;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #242314;
    --brand-ink: #EEECD3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FEFDF1',
        100: '#FCFAE3',
        200: '#FBF8C1',
        300: '#fef67c',
        400: '#FEF458',
        500: '#FDF020',
        600: '#F3E402',
        700: '#CABE02',
        800: '#A29801',
        900: '#756E06',
        950: '#494504',
        DEFAULT: '#fef67c',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FEFDF1,
  '100': #FCFAE3,
  '200': #FBF8C1,
  '300': #fef67c,
  '400': #FEF458,
  '500': #FDF020,
  '600': #F3E402,
  '700': #CABE02,
  '800': #A29801,
  '900': #756E06,
  '950': #494504,
);
$brand-base: #fef67c;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FEFDF1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FCFAE3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#FBF8C1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#fef67c", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#FEF458", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#FDF020", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#F3E402", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#CABE02", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#A29801", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#756E06", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#494504", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #fef67c · 18.69:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.12:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 18.69:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #fef67c as text scores 1.12:1 on white and 18.69:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #7F7701 at 4.11:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#7F7701 · 4.62:1
AA on white−49% L
#7F7701
The quick fox
#5C5601 · 7.54:1
AAA on white−56% L
#5C5601
The quick fox
#fef67c · 18.69:1
AA on blackalready passes
#fef67c
The quick fox
#fef67c · 18.69:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#fef67c

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #9D9401 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#fef67c on white: 1.12:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fef67c on black: 18.69:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #fef67c as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #fef67c.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.12:1AaAa
Slate 501.07:1AaAa
Slate 1001.03:1AaAa
Slate 2001.10:1AaAa
Slate 3001.32:1AaAa
Slate 4002.28:1AaAa
Slate 5004.23:1AaAa
Slate 6006.74:1AaAa
Slate 7009.21:1AaAa
Slate 80013.02:1AaAa
Slate 90015.89:1AaAa
Black18.69:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFEE71
deuteranopia · #FFF482
tritanopia · #FFE8DA

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #fef67c is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FEFDF1
#FCFAE3
#FBF8C1
#fef67c
#FEF458
#FDF020
#F3E402
#CABE02
#A29801
#756E06
#494504
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FEFDF1Darkest = 950 · #494504Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.036 105.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.058 105.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.086 105.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.112 105.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.132 105.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.144 105.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.144 105.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.135 105.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.121 105.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.101 105.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.079 105.4);
}

Colors that work with #fef67c

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAFAF4
Tinted page background
Border#EDEAC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B964B
Captions on the surface
Accent#003FCC
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7F7701
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FFFDE6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#242314
Dark-mode background
Hover#FEF458
One step down in lightness
Pressed#FDF135
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FFF88F
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #fef67c

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #7F7701
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #9D9401

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight26/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#7C84FE
Analogous left#FEB57C
Analogous right#C5FE7C
Split-complement 1#7CC5FE
Split-complement 2#B57CFE
Triadic 1#7CFEF6
Triadic 2#F67CFE
Tetradic#7CFEB5
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°56°

#fef67c sits at 56°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red99.6%
Green96.5%
Blue48.6%
R · 0–255
254
0xfe
G · 0–255
246
0xf6
B · 0–255
124
0x7c

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta3.1%
Yellow51.2%
Key (black)0.4%

Total ink coverage is 55%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#fef67c text on a black background

contrast 18.69:1

Card sample

#fef67c text on a white background

contrast 1.12:1

Card sample

#fef67c on grey

1.03:1

#fef67c on its own surface

1.07:1

#fef67c on its dark surface

14.10:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fef67c;
Background color
Panel with #fef67c background
background-color: #fef67c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fef67c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(254, 246, 124, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(254, 246, 124, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fef67c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fef67c, #AFFE7C);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fef67c, #8FFE7C);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #fef67c;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #fef67c;
caret-color: #fef67c;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #fef67c;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FFFDE6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #fef67c;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#fef67c 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #fef67c over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(254, 246, 124, 0.5)
rgb(254 246 124 / 50%)
#fef67c80
hsl(56 99% 74% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #fef67c 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#fef67c1a#FFFEF2
20%#fef67c33#FFFDE5
40%#fef67c66#FFFBCB
60%#fef67c99#FEFAB0
80%#fef67ccc#FEF896

Gradients from #fef67c

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FEFAB9, #fef67c 45%, #7F7701);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #fef67c, #8FFE5E);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fef67c, #7C84FE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FFFCD7 0%, #fef67c 45%, #7F7701 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAFAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FECBAF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #CAFE9A 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7F7701 0%, transparent 65%), #fef67c;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fef67c

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#fef67c in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Very light values are indistinguishable from white on a dim phone screen outdoors. Give it a border if the boundary matters.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 18.69:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#fef67c, answered

What color is #fef67c?

#fef67c is a light electric yellow, closest to Khaki (ΔE2000 5.3). It sits at 56° on the hue wheel with 99% saturation and 74% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #fef67c?

rgb(254, 246, 124) — 254 red, 246 green and 124 blue out of 255, or 99.6% / 96.5% / 48.6% by channel.

What is #fef67c in HSL and HSV?

hsl(56, 99%, 74%) and hsv(56, 51%, 100%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #fef67c a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8844 and perceived brightness is 93%, so black text on it reaches 18.69:1.

Should I use black or white text on #fef67c?

Black. It scores 18.69:1 against #fef67c, versus 1.12:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #fef67c accessible on a white background?

#fef67c on white scores 1.12:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #7F7701 to reach 4.5:1, or #5C5601 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #fef67c?

#7C84FE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #7CC5FE and #B57CFE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #fef67c?

For interface work: #FAFAF4 as the surface, #EDEAC0 for borders, #9B964B for secondary text, #003FCC as an accent and #7F7701 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FEB57C and #C5FE7C stays calm, while #7C84FE is the loudest partner.

What is #fef67c in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 3%, 51%, 0%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #fef67c warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 22 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FECB7C; nudged cooler, #D7FF7B.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #fef67c?

The yellow family — its 500 step is #eab308, ΔE2000 18.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #fef67c as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #fef67c in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#fef67c] or text-[#fef67c], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #fef67c with 50% opacity?

rgba(254, 246, 124, 0.5), or #fef67c80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FFFBBE; over black, #7F7B3E.

Is #fef67c a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFF66, ΔE2000 3.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #fef67c mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #fef67c?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FEFAB9, #fef67c 45%, #7F7701). For more colour, a short hue run to #8FFE5E keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #fef67c in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #fef67c at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.