#FEF2C2#FEF2C2

#FEF2C2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.885; OKLCH L 95.9% C 0.063 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF2C2
RGB	rgb(254, 242, 194)
HSL	hsl(48, 97%, 88%)
HSV	hsv(48, 24%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 23.6%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.36, -3.31, 24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.36, 24.89, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(95.89% -0.0062 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(95.89% 0.063 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(82.3629, 88.4718, 63.7665)
Luminance	0.8847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF2C2 #C2CEFE

analogous

#FED4C2 #FEF2C2 #ECFEC2

triadic

#FEF2C2 #C2FEF2 #F2C2FE

tetradic

#FEF2C2 #C2FED4 #C2CEFE #FEC2EC

square

#FEF2C2 #C2FED4 #C2CEFE #FEC2EC

split-complementary

#FEF2C2 #C2ECFE #D4C2FE

monochromatic

#FCD84A #FDE586 #FEF2C2 #FFF9E1 #FFF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FEF2C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.69

#FEF2C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF2C2

18.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF2C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF2C2	1.00	1.12	18.69	18.69
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCEFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF3C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef2c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 242, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.9% 0.063 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6d4',
    500: '#fef2c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef2c2;
$custom-light: #fff6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef2c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 96.774,
    "l": 87.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95886,
    "c": 0.06312,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.8847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF2C2

secondary

#7E93E6

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFB

border

#D7D6D4

text

#181714

muted

#868583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF2C2

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

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