#FEF8A6#FEF8A6

#FEF8A6 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.910; OKLCH L 96.5% C 0.102 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF8A6
RGB	rgb(254, 248, 166)
HSL	hsl(56, 98%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 34.6%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.39, -9.78, 40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.39, 41.34, 103.69°)
OKLab	oklab(96.55% -0.0258 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(96.55% 0.102 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(81.3243, 90.9606, 49.3421)
Luminance	0.9096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF8A6 #A6ACFE

analogous

#FECCA6 #FEF8A6 #D8FEA6

triadic

#FEF8A6 #A6FEF8 #F8A6FE

tetradic

#FEF8A6 #A6FECC #A6ACFE #FEA6D8

square

#FEF8A6 #A6FECC #A6ACFE #FEA6D8

split-complementary

#FEF8A6 #A6D8FE #CCA6FE

monochromatic

#FDEE2D #FDF369 #FEF8A6 #FFFDE1 #FFFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.09

#FEF8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.19

#FEF8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF8A6

19.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF8A6	1.00	1.09	19.19	19.19
#FFFFFF	1.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF2A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF7A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEEE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F5F5F5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 248, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.5% 0.102 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffac1',
    500: '#fef8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef8a6;
$custom-light: #fffac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 97.778,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96549,
    "c": 0.10243,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.90959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF8A6

secondary

#666EE2

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF9

border

#D7D7D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF8A6

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

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