#FEF2AA#FEF2AA

#FEF2AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.875; OKLCH L 95.4% C 0.092 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF2AA
RGB	rgb(254, 242, 170)
HSL	hsl(51, 98%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(51, 33%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 33.1%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.94, -6.34, 36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.94, 36.81, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(95.42% -0.0157 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(95.42% 0.092 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(79.8818, 87.4793, 50.6996)
Luminance	0.8748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF2AA #AAB6FE

analogous

#FEC8AA #FEF2AA #E0FEAA

triadic

#FEF2AA #AAFEF2 #F2AAFE

tetradic

#FEF2AA #AAFEC8 #AAB6FE #FEAAE0

square

#FEF2AA #AAFEC8 #AAB6FE #FEAAE0

split-complementary

#FEF2AA #AAE0FE #C8AAFE

monochromatic

#FDDF31 #FDE96E #FEF2AA #FFFAE1 #FFFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FEF2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.50

#FEF2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF2AA

18.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF2AA	1.00	1.14	18.50	18.50
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEEA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 242, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.4% 0.092 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6c4',
    500: '#fef2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef2aa;
$custom-light: #fff6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 97.674,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95419,
    "c": 0.09151,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.87477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF2AA

secondary

#697BE3

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF2AA

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

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