#FEF2A4#FEF2A4

#FEF2A4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.873; OKLCH L 95.3% C 0.098 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF2A4
RGB	rgb(254, 242, 164)
HSL	hsl(52, 98%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(52, 35%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 35.4%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.85, -7.03, 39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.85, 39.76, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(95.31% -0.018 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(95.31% 0.098 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(79.3272, 87.2575, 47.7784)
Luminance	0.8726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF2A4 #A4B0FE

analogous

#FEC5A4 #FEF2A4 #DDFEA4

triadic

#FEF2A4 #A4FEF2 #F2A4FE

tetradic

#FEF2A4 #A4FEC5 #A4B0FE #FEA4DD

square

#FEF2A4 #A4FEC5 #A4B0FE #FEA4DD

split-complementary

#FEF2A4 #A4DDFE #C5A4FE

monochromatic

#FDE12B #FDE967 #FEF2A4 #FFFBE1 #FFFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FEF2A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.45

#FEF2A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF2A4

18.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF2A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF2A4	1.00	1.14	18.45	18.45
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF3A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef2a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 242, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.3% 0.098 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6bf',
    500: '#fef2a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef2a4;
$custom-light: #fff6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef2a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 97.826,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95314,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.87255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF2A4

secondary

#6475E2

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF2A4

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

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