#FEF8E2#FEF8E2

#FEF8E2 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.937; OKLCH L 97.8% C 0.029 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF8E2
RGB	rgb(254, 248, 226)
HSL	hsl(47, 93%, 94%)
HSV	hsv(47, 11%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 11%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.51, -1.64, 11.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.51, 11.40, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(97.8% -0.0022 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(97.8% 0.029 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(88.1665, 93.6975, 85.3775)
Luminance	0.9370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF8E2 #E2E8FE

analogous

#FEEAE2 #FEF8E2 #F6FEE2

triadic

#FEF8E2 #E2FEF8 #F8E2FE

tetradic

#FEF8E2 #E2FEEA #E2E8FE #FEE2F6

square

#FEF8E2 #E2FEEA #E2E8FE #FEE2F6

split-complementary

#FEF8E2 #E2F6FE #EAE2FE

monochromatic

#FADB6C #FCEAA7 #FEF8E1 #FEF8E1 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.06

#FEF8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.74

#FEF8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF8E2

19.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF8E2	1.00	1.06	19.74	19.74
#FFFFFF	1.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDF7E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF4F2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F8F8F8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 248, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.8% 0.029 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefaeb',
    500: '#fef8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef8e2;
$custom-light: #fefaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 94.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97797,
    "c": 0.02949,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.93697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF8E2

secondary

#9AABEA

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFD

border

#D7D7D5

text

#171716

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF8E2

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

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