#FEF8DC#FEF8DC

#FEF8DC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.934; OKLCH L 97.7% C 0.037 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF8DC
RGB	rgb(254, 248, 220)
HSL	hsl(49, 94%, 93%)
HSV	hsv(49, 13%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 13.4%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.38, -2.57, 14.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.38, 14.41, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(97.65% -0.0046 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(97.65% 0.037 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(87.3576, 93.3739, 81.1172)
Luminance	0.9337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF8DC #DCE2FE

analogous

#FEE7DC #FEF8DC #F3FEDC

triadic

#FEF8DC #DCFEF8 #F8DCFE

tetradic

#FEF8DC #DCFEE7 #DCE2FE #FEDCF3

square

#FEF8DC #DCFEE7 #DCE2FE #FEDCF3

split-complementary

#FEF8DC #DCF3FE #E7DCFE

monochromatic

#FBE065 #FCECA0 #FEF8DC #FEF9E1 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.07

#FEF8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.67

#FEF8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF8DC

19.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF8DC	1.00	1.07	19.67	19.67
#FFFFFF	1.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEF6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF4F0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F7F7F7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 248, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.7% 0.037 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffae6',
    500: '#fef8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef8dc;
$custom-light: #fffae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 92.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97651,
    "c": 0.03706,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.93373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF8DC

secondary

#95A4E9

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFC

border

#D7D7D5

text

#181716

muted

#868584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF8DC

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

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