#FEF8A8#FEF8A8

#FEF8A8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.910; OKLCH L 96.6% C 0.100 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF8A8
RGB	rgb(254, 248, 168)
HSL	hsl(56, 98%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(56, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 33.9%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.42, -9.55, 39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.42, 40.36, 103.69°)
OKLab	oklab(96.58% -0.025 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(96.58% 0.1 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(81.5092, 91.0345, 50.3159)
Luminance	0.9103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF8A8 #A8AEFE

analogous

#FECDA8 #FEF8A8 #D9FEA8

triadic

#FEF8A8 #A8FEF8 #F8A8FE

tetradic

#FEF8A8 #A8FECD #A8AEFE #FEA8D9

square

#FEF8A8 #A8FECD #A8AEFE #FEA8D9

split-complementary

#FEF8A8 #A8D9FE #CDA8FE

monochromatic

#FDEE2F #FDF36B #FEF8A8 #FFFDE1 #FFFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.09

#FEF8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.21

#FEF8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF8A8

19.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF8A8	1.00	1.09	19.21	19.21
#FFFFFF	1.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF2A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF7AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEEE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F5F5F5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 248, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.6% 0.100 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffac2',
    500: '#fef8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef8a8;
$custom-light: #fffac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 97.727,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96583,
    "c": 0.10016,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.91033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF8A8

secondary

#6870E3

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF9

border

#D7D7D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF8A8

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

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