#FEF2AD#FEF2AD

#FEF2AD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.876; OKLCH L 95.5% C 0.088 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF2AD
RGB	rgb(254, 242, 173)
HSL	hsl(51, 98%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 31.9%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.99, -5.99, 34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.99, 35.33, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(95.47% -0.0145 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(95.47% 0.088 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(80.1689, 87.5942, 52.2113)
Luminance	0.8759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF2AD #ADB9FE

analogous

#FEC9AD #FEF2AD #E1FEAD

triadic

#FEF2AD #ADFEF2 #F2ADFE

tetradic

#FEF2AD #ADFEC9 #ADB9FE #FEADE1

square

#FEF2AD #ADFEC9 #ADB9FE #FEADE1

split-complementary

#FEF2AD #ADE1FE #C9ADFE

monochromatic

#FDDF34 #FDE871 #FEF2AD #FFFAE1 #FFFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#FEF2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.52

#FEF2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF2AD

18.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF2AD	1.00	1.13	18.52	18.52
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 242, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.5% 0.088 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6c6',
    500: '#fef2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef2ad;
$custom-light: #fff6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 97.59,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95473,
    "c": 0.08805,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.87592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF2AD

secondary

#6C7EE3

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181713

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF2AD

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

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