#FEF8D8#FEF8D8
#FEF8D8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.932; OKLCH L 97.6% C 0.042 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FEF8D8 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(254, 248, 216) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 95%, 92%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 15%, 100%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 15%, 0.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(97.29, -3.17, 16.11) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(97.29, 16.42, 101.15°) |
| OKLab | oklab(97.56% -0.0061 0.0417) |
| OKLCH | oklch(97.56% 0.042 98.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(86.8342, 93.1645, 78.3606) |
| Luminance | 0.9316 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Cornsilk
#FFF8DC
ΔE00 1.43
Pale
#FFF9D0
ΔE00 2.55
Lightyellow
#FFFFE0
ΔE00 2.69
Off White (survey)
#FFFFE4
ΔE00 2.99
Beige
#F5F5DC
ΔE00 3.13
Lightgoldenrodyellow
#FAFAD2
ΔE00 3.46
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FEF8D8 #D8DEFE
analogous
#FEE5D8 #FEF8D8 #F1FED8
triadic
#FEF8D8 #D8FEF8 #F8D8FE
tetradic
#FEF8D8 #D8FEE5 #D8DEFE #FED8F1
square
#FEF8D8 #D8FEE5 #D8DEFE #FED8F1
split-complementary
#FEF8D8 #D8F1FE #E5D8FE
monochromatic
#FBE361 #FCED9C #FEF8D8 #FEFAE1 #FEFAE1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.07
#FEF8D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
19.63
#FEF8D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FEF8D8
19.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FEF8D8 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FEF8D8 | 1.00 | 1.07 | 19.63 | 19.63 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.07 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 19.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 19.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFF6D6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFF8D9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFF3EF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#F7F7F7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fef8d8; /* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 248, 216); /* oklch */ color: oklch(97.6% 0.042 98.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fffae4',
500: '#fef8d8',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fef8d8; $custom-light: #fffae4; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fef8d8",
"rgb": {
"r": 254,
"g": 248,
"b": 216
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.526,
"s": 95,
"l": 92.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.97556,
"c": 0.04211,
"h": 98.4
},
"luminance": 0.93164
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FEF8D8
secondary
#919FE9
accent
#24E600
background
#FFFFFE
surface
#FFFFFC
border
#D7D7D5
text
#181715
muted
#868584