#FEF2AE#FEF2AE

#FEF2AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.876; OKLCH L 95.5% C 0.087 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF2AE
RGB	rgb(254, 242, 174)
HSL	hsl(51, 98%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(51, 31%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 31.5%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.01, -5.87, 34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.01, 34.84, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(95.49% -0.0141 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(95.49% 0.087 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(80.2660, 87.6330, 52.7228)
Luminance	0.8763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF2AE #AEBAFE

analogous

#FECAAE #FEF2AE #E2FEAE

triadic

#FEF2AE #AEFEF2 #F2AEFE

tetradic

#FEF2AE #AEFECA #AEBAFE #FEAEE2

square

#FEF2AE #AEFECA #AEBAFE #FEAEE2

split-complementary

#FEF2AE #AEE2FE #CAAEFE

monochromatic

#FDDF35 #FDE872 #FEF2AE #FFFAE1 #FFFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#FEF2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.53

#FEF2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF2AE

18.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF2AE	1.00	1.13	18.53	18.53
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEEA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF3B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE9E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 242, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.5% 0.087 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6c6',
    500: '#fef2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef2ae;
$custom-light: #fff6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 97.561,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95491,
    "c": 0.08689,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.87631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF2AE

secondary

#6D7FE3

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181713

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF2AE

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

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