#FEF09E#FEF09E

#FEF09E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.859; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.103 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF09E
RGB	rgb(254, 240, 158)
HSL	hsl(51, 98%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 37.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.25, -6.70, 41.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.25, 41.88, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(94.81% -0.0174 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(94.81% 0.103 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(78.2061, 85.8618, 44.7945)
Luminance	0.8586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF09E #9EACFE

analogous

#FEC09E #FEF09E #DCFE9E

triadic

#FEF09E #9EFEF0 #F09EFE

tetradic

#FEF09E #9EFEC0 #9EACFE #FE9EDC

square

#FEF09E #9EFEC0 #9EACFE #FE9EDC

split-complementary

#FEF09E #9EDCFE #C09EFE

monochromatic

#FDDD25 #FDE761 #FEF09E #FFF9DB #FFFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FEF09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.17

#FEF09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF09E

18.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF09E	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)

#FFEB98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 240, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.103 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4bb',
    500: '#fef09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef09e;
$custom-light: #fff4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 97.959,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94814,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.8586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF09E

secondary

#5F72E1

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF09E

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

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