#FEF2AC#FEF2AC

#FEF2AC is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.876; OKLCH L 95.5% C 0.089 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF2AC
RGB	rgb(254, 242, 172)
HSL	hsl(51, 98%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 32.3%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.97, -6.11, 35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.97, 35.82, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(95.46% -0.0149 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(95.46% 0.089 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(80.0725, 87.5556, 51.7036)
Luminance	0.8755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF2AC #ACB8FE

analogous

#FEC9AC #FEF2AC #E1FEAC

triadic

#FEF2AC #ACFEF2 #F2ACFE

tetradic

#FEF2AC #ACFEC9 #ACB8FE #FEACE1

square

#FEF2AC #ACFEC9 #ACB8FE #FEACE1

split-complementary

#FEF2AC #ACE1FE #C9ACFE

monochromatic

#FDDF33 #FDE970 #FEF2AC #FFFAE1 #FFFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#FEF2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.51

#FEF2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF2AC

18.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF2AC	1.00	1.13	18.51	18.51
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEEA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 242, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.5% 0.089 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6c5',
    500: '#fef2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef2ac;
$custom-light: #fff6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 97.619,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95455,
    "c": 0.08921,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.87554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF2AC

secondary

#6B7DE3

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181713

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF2AC

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

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