#FEF8A4#FEF8A4

#FEF8A4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.909; OKLCH L 96.5% C 0.105 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF8A4
RGB	rgb(254, 248, 164)
HSL	hsl(56, 98%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 35.4%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.36, -10.01, 41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.36, 42.31, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(96.52% -0.0265 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(96.52% 0.105 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(81.1423, 90.8878, 48.3834)
Luminance	0.9089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF8A4 #A4AAFE

analogous

#FECBA4 #FEF8A4 #D7FEA4

triadic

#FEF8A4 #A4FEF8 #F8A4FE

tetradic

#FEF8A4 #A4FECB #A4AAFE #FEA4D7

square

#FEF8A4 #A4FECB #A4AAFE #FEA4D7

split-complementary

#FEF8A4 #A4D7FE #CBA4FE

monochromatic

#FDEF2B #FDF367 #FEF8A4 #FFFDE1 #FFFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.10

#FEF8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.18

#FEF8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF8A4

19.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF8A4	1.00	1.10	19.18	19.18
#FFFFFF	1.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF29E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF7A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEDE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F4F4F4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 248, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.5% 0.105 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffac0',
    500: '#fef8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef8a4;
$custom-light: #fffac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 97.826,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96515,
    "c": 0.10469,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.90886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF8A4

secondary

#646DE2

accent

#0FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF9

border

#D7D7D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF8A4

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

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