#FEF8A0#FEF8A0

#FEF8A0 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.907; OKLCH L 96.4% C 0.109 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF8A0
RGB	rgb(254, 248, 160)
HSL	hsl(56, 98%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(56, 37%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 37%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.31, -10.45, 43.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.31, 44.26, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(96.45% -0.0281 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(96.45% 0.109 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(80.7868, 90.7456, 46.5109)
Luminance	0.9074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF8A0 #A0A6FE

analogous

#FEC9A0 #FEF8A0 #D5FEA0

triadic

#FEF8A0 #A0FEF8 #F8A0FE

tetradic

#FEF8A0 #A0FEC9 #A0A6FE #FEA0D5

square

#FEF8A0 #A0FEC9 #A0A6FE #FEA0D5

split-complementary

#FEF8A0 #A0D5FE #C9A0FE

monochromatic

#FDEF27 #FDF463 #FEF8A0 #FFFCDD #FFFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.10

#FEF8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.15

#FEF8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF8A0

19.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF8A0	1.00	1.10	19.15	19.15
#FFFFFF	1.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF6A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEDE2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F4F4F4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 248, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.4% 0.109 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffabd',
    500: '#fef8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef8a0;
$custom-light: #fffabd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 97.917,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96449,
    "c": 0.10914,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.90744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF8A0

secondary

#6169E1

accent

#0FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF8A0

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

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