#FEF8AE#FEF8AE

#FEF8AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.913; OKLCH L 96.7% C 0.093 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF8AE
RGB	rgb(254, 248, 174)
HSL	hsl(56, 98%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(56, 31%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 31.5%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.52, -8.85, 36.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.52, 37.41, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(96.69% -0.0227 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(96.69% 0.093 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(82.0811, 91.2633, 53.3279)
Luminance	0.9126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF8AE #AEB4FE

analogous

#FED0AE #FEF8AE #DCFEAE

triadic

#FEF8AE #AEFEF8 #F8AEFE

tetradic

#FEF8AE #AEFED0 #AEB4FE #FEAEDC

square

#FEF8AE #AEFED0 #AEB4FE #FEAEDC

split-complementary

#FEF8AE #AEDCFE #D0AEFE

monochromatic

#FDEE35 #FDF372 #FEF8AE #FFFCE1 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.09

#FEF8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.25

#FEF8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF8AE

19.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF8AE	1.00	1.09	19.25	19.25
#FFFFFF	1.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF3A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF7B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEEE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F5F5F5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 248, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.7% 0.093 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffac6',
    500: '#fef8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef8ae;
$custom-light: #fffac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 97.561,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96688,
    "c": 0.09327,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.91262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF8AE

secondary

#6D76E3

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF9

border

#D7D7D2

text

#181713

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF8AE

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

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