#FEF09D#FEF09D

#FEF09D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.858; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.104 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF09D
RGB	rgb(254, 240, 157)
HSL	hsl(51, 98%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 38.2%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.24, -6.81, 41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.24, 42.37, 99.25°)
OKLab	oklab(94.8% -0.0178 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(94.8% 0.104 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(78.1203, 85.8275, 44.3430)
Luminance	0.8582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF09D #9DABFE

analogous

#FEBF9D #FEF09D #DBFE9D

triadic

#FEF09D #9DFEF0 #F09DFE

tetradic

#FEF09D #9DFEBF #9DABFE #FE9DDB

square

#FEF09D #9DFEBF #9DABFE #FE9DDB

split-complementary

#FEF09D #9DDBFE #BF9DFE

monochromatic

#FDDD24 #FDE760 #FEF09D #FFF9DA #FFFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FEF09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.17

#FEF09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF09D

18.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF09D	1.00	1.16	18.17	18.17
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 240, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.104 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4bb',
    500: '#fef09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef09d;
$custom-light: #fff4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.34,
    "s": 97.98,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94798,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.85825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF09D

secondary

#5E71E1

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF09D

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

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