#FEF8E0#FEF8E0

#FEF8E0 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.936; OKLCH L 97.7% C 0.032 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF8E0
RGB	rgb(254, 248, 224)
HSL	hsl(48, 94%, 94%)
HSV	hsv(48, 12%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 11.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.47, -1.95, 12.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.47, 12.40, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(97.75% -0.003 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(97.75% 0.032 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(87.8937, 93.5883, 83.9406)
Luminance	0.9359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF8E0 #E0E6FE

analogous

#FEE9E0 #FEF8E0 #F5FEE0

triadic

#FEF8E0 #E0FEF8 #F8E0FE

tetradic

#FEF8E0 #E0FEE9 #E0E6FE #FEE0F5

square

#FEF8E0 #E0FEE9 #E0E6FE #FEE0F5

split-complementary

#FEF8E0 #E0F5FE #E9E0FE

monochromatic

#FADD69 #FCEBA5 #FEF8E0 #FEF8E1 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.07

#FEF8E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.72

#FEF8E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF8E0

19.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF8E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF8E0	1.00	1.07	19.72	19.72
#FFFFFF	1.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDF6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF9E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF4F1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F8F8F8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef8e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 248, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.7% 0.032 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefae9',
    500: '#fef8e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef8e0;
$custom-light: #fefae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef8e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 93.75,
    "l": 93.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97748,
    "c": 0.03202,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.93587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF8E0

secondary

#98A9EA

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFC

border

#D7D7D5

text

#181716

muted

#868584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF8E0

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

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