#FEF8A3#FEF8A3

#FEF8A3 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.908; OKLCH L 96.5% C 0.106 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF8A3
RGB	rgb(254, 248, 163)
HSL	hsl(56, 98%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 35.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.35, -10.12, 41.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.35, 42.80, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(96.5% -0.0269 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(96.5% 0.106 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(81.0524, 90.8518, 47.9097)
Luminance	0.9085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF8A3 #A3A9FE

analogous

#FECBA3 #FEF8A3 #D7FEA3

triadic

#FEF8A3 #A3FEF8 #F8A3FE

tetradic

#FEF8A3 #A3FECB #A3A9FE #FEA3D7

square

#FEF8A3 #A3FECB #A3A9FE #FEA3D7

split-complementary

#FEF8A3 #A3D7FE #CBA3FE

monochromatic

#FDEF2A #FDF366 #FEF8A3 #FFFDE0 #FFFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.10

#FEF8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.17

#FEF8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF8A3

19.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF8A3	1.00	1.10	19.17	19.17
#FFFFFF	1.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF29D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF7A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEDE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F4F4F4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 248, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.5% 0.106 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffabf',
    500: '#fef8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef8a3;
$custom-light: #fffabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.044,
    "s": 97.849,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96498,
    "c": 0.1058,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.9085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF8A3

secondary

#636CE2

accent

#0FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF9

border

#D7D7D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF8A3

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

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