#FEF5AE#FEF5AE

#FEF5AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.894; OKLCH L 96.1% C 0.090 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF5AE
RGB	rgb(254, 245, 174)
HSL	hsl(53, 98%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(53, 31%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 31.5%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.76, -7.36, 35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.76, 36.10, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(96.09% -0.0184 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(96.09% 0.09 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(81.1662, 89.4334, 53.0229)
Luminance	0.8943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF5AE #AEB7FE

analogous

#FECDAE #FEF5AE #DFFEAE

triadic

#FEF5AE #AEFEF5 #F5AEFE

tetradic

#FEF5AE #AEFECD #AEB7FE #FEAEDF

square

#FEF5AE #AEFECD #AEB7FE #FEAEDF

split-complementary

#FEF5AE #AEDFFE #CDAEFE

monochromatic

#FDE635 #FDEE72 #FEF5AE #FFFBE1 #FFFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FEF5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.89

#FEF5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF5AE

18.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF5AE	1.00	1.11	18.89	18.89
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 245, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.1% 0.090 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff8c6',
    500: '#fef5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef5ae;
$custom-light: #fff8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.25,
    "s": 97.561,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96089,
    "c": 0.09001,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.89432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF5AE

secondary

#6D7AE3

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181713

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF5AE

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

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