#FEF09F#FEF09F

#FEF09F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.859; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.102 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF09F
RGB	rgb(254, 240, 159)
HSL	hsl(51, 98%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 37.4%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.27, -6.59, 40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.27, 41.40, 99.16°)
OKLab	oklab(94.83% -0.017 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(94.83% 0.102 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(78.2925, 85.8964, 45.2496)
Luminance	0.8589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF09F #9FADFE

analogous

#FEC09F #FEF09F #DCFE9F

triadic

#FEF09F #9FFEF0 #F09FFE

tetradic

#FEF09F #9FFEC0 #9FADFE #FE9FDC

square

#FEF09F #9FFEC0 #9FADFE #FE9FDC

split-complementary

#FEF09F #9FDCFE #C09FFE

monochromatic

#FDDD26 #FDE762 #FEF09F #FFF9DC #FFFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FEF09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.18

#FEF09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF09F

18.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF09F	1.00	1.16	18.18	18.18
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 240, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.102 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4bc',
    500: '#fef09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef09f;
$custom-light: #fff4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.158,
    "s": 97.938,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94831,
    "c": 0.10194,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.85894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF09F

secondary

#6073E1

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF09F

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

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