#FEF8A1#FEF8A1

#FEF8A1 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.908; OKLCH L 96.5% C 0.108 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF8A1
RGB	rgb(254, 248, 161)
HSL	hsl(56, 98%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(56, 37%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 36.6%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.32, -10.34, 42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.32, 43.77, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(96.47% -0.0277 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(96.47% 0.108 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(80.8746, 90.7807, 46.9734)
Luminance	0.9078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF8A1 #A1A7FE

analogous

#FECAA1 #FEF8A1 #D6FEA1

triadic

#FEF8A1 #A1FEF8 #F8A1FE

tetradic

#FEF8A1 #A1FECA #A1A7FE #FEA1D6

square

#FEF8A1 #A1FECA #A1A7FE #FEA1D6

split-complementary

#FEF8A1 #A1D6FE #CAA1FE

monochromatic

#FDEF28 #FDF364 #FEF8A1 #FFFDDE #FFFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.10

#FEF8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.16

#FEF8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF8A1

19.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF8A1	1.00	1.10	19.16	19.16
#FFFFFF	1.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF29B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF6A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEDE2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F4F4F4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 248, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.5% 0.108 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffabe',
    500: '#fef8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef8a1;
$custom-light: #fffabe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 97.895,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96466,
    "c": 0.10804,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.90779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF8A1

secondary

#626AE2

accent

#0FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF8A1

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

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