#FEE8A6#FEE8A6

#FEE8A6 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.815; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.087 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE8A6
RGB	rgb(254, 232, 166)
HSL	hsl(45, 98%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(45, 35%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 34.6%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.37, -1.79, 34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.37, 34.92, 92.94°)
OKLab	oklab(93.37% -0.0027 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(93.37% 0.087 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(76.6139, 81.5396, 47.7720)
Luminance	0.8154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE8A6 #A6BCFE

analogous

#FEBCA6 #FEE8A6 #E8FEA6

triadic

#FEE8A6 #A6FEE8 #E8A6FE

tetradic

#FEE8A6 #A6FEBC #A6BCFE #FEA6E8

square

#FEE8A6 #A6FEBC #A6BCFE #FEA6E8

split-complementary

#FEE8A6 #A6E8FE #BCA6FE

monochromatic

#FDC92D #FDD869 #FEE8A6 #FFF7E1 #FFF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FEE8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.31

#FEE8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE8A6

17.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE8A6	1.00	1.21	17.31	17.31
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E5A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCECA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 232, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.087 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefc1',
    500: '#fee8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee8a6;
$custom-light: #ffefc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 97.778,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93367,
    "c": 0.08683,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.81537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE8A6

secondary

#6685E2

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE8A6

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

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