#FEF09A#FEF09A

#FEF09A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.857; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.107 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF09A
RGB	rgb(254, 240, 154)
HSL	hsl(52, 98%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(52, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 39.4%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.20, -7.13, 43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.20, 43.83, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(94.75% -0.0189 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(94.75% 0.107 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(77.8674, 85.7264, 43.0106)
Luminance	0.8572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF09A #9AA8FE

analogous

#FEBE9A #FEF09A #DAFE9A

triadic

#FEF09A #9AFEF0 #F09AFE

tetradic

#FEF09A #9AFEBE #9AA8FE #FE9ADA

square

#FEF09A #9AFEBE #9AA8FE #FE9ADA

split-complementary

#FEF09A #9ADAFE #BE9AFE

monochromatic

#FDDE21 #FDE75D #FEF09A #FFF9D7 #FFFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FEF09A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.14

#FEF09A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF09A

18.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF09A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF09A	1.00	1.16	18.14	18.14
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef09a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 240, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.107 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4b9',
    500: '#fef09a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef09a;
$custom-light: #fff4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef09a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 98.039,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94749,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.85724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF09A

secondary

#5C6EE1

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF09A

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

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