#FEF8A5#FEF8A5

#FEF8A5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.909; OKLCH L 96.5% C 0.104 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF8A5
RGB	rgb(254, 248, 165)
HSL	hsl(56, 98%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 35%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.38, -9.89, 40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.38, 41.82, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(96.53% -0.0262 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(96.53% 0.104 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(81.2330, 90.9240, 48.8609)
Luminance	0.9092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF8A5 #A5ABFE

analogous

#FECCA5 #FEF8A5 #D8FEA5

triadic

#FEF8A5 #A5FEF8 #F8A5FE

tetradic

#FEF8A5 #A5FECC #A5ABFE #FEA5D8

square

#FEF8A5 #A5FECC #A5ABFE #FEA5D8

split-complementary

#FEF8A5 #A5D8FE #CCA5FE

monochromatic

#FDEF2C #FDF368 #FEF8A5 #FFFDE1 #FFFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.09

#FEF8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.18

#FEF8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF8A5

19.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF8A5	1.00	1.09	19.18	19.18
#FFFFFF	1.09	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)

#FFF29F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF7A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEEE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F5F5F5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 248, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.5% 0.104 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffac0',
    500: '#fef8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef8a5;
$custom-light: #fffac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.955,
    "s": 97.802,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96532,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.90922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF8A5

secondary

#656DE2

accent

#0FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF9

border

#D7D7D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF8A5

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

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