#FEE8A0#FEE8A0
#FEE8A0 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.094 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FEE8A0 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(254, 232, 160) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 98%, 81%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 37%, 100%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 37%, 0.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(92.28, -2.47, 37.77) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(92.28, 37.85, 93.74°) |
| OKLab | oklab(93.26% -0.005 0.0934) |
| OKLCH | oklch(93.26% 0.094 93.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(76.0763, 81.3246, 44.9407) |
| Luminance | 0.8132 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Tan
#FBEEAC
ΔE00 2.94
Vanilla
#F3E5AB
ΔE00 3.50
Pale Peach
#FFE5AD
ΔE00 3.82
Dark Cream
#FFF39A
ΔE00 4.59
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.78
Khaki (CSS)
#F0E68C
ΔE00 4.92
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FEE8A0 #A0B6FE
analogous
#FEB9A0 #FEE8A0 #E5FEA0
triadic
#FEE8A0 #A0FEE8 #E8A0FE
tetradic
#FEE8A0 #A0FEB9 #A0B6FE #FEA0E5
square
#FEE8A0 #A0FEB9 #A0B6FE #FEA0E5
split-complementary
#FEE8A0 #A0E5FE #B9A0FE
monochromatic
#FDCB27 #FDD963 #FEE8A0 #FFF7DD #FFF8E1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.22
#FEE8A0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.26
#FEE8A0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FEE8A0
17.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FEE8A0 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FEE8A0 | 1.00 | 1.22 | 17.26 | 17.26 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.22 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 17.26 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 17.26 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F7E59B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FDECA2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFDDD6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E9E9E9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fee8a0; /* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 232, 160); /* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.094 93.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffefbd',
500: '#fee8a0',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fee8a0; $custom-light: #ffefbd; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fee8a0",
"rgb": {
"r": 254,
"g": 232,
"b": 160
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.957,
"s": 97.917,
"l": 81.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.93261,
"c": 0.09352,
"h": 93.1
},
"luminance": 0.81322
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FEE8A0
secondary
#617FE1
accent
#36E600
background
#FFFFFD
surface
#FFFEF8
border
#D7D6D1
text
#181612
muted
#868582