#FEF8E4#FEF8E4

#FEF8E4 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.938; OKLCH L 97.8% C 0.027 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF8E4
RGB	rgb(254, 248, 228)
HSL	hsl(46, 93%, 95%)
HSV	hsv(46, 10%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 10.2%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.55, -1.32, 10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.55, 10.40, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(97.85% -0.0015 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(97.85% 0.027 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(88.4425, 93.8079, 86.8313)
Luminance	0.9381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF8E4 #E4EAFE

analogous

#FEEBE4 #FEF8E4 #F7FEE4

triadic

#FEF8E4 #E4FEF8 #F8E4FE

tetradic

#FEF8E4 #E4FEEB #E4EAFE #FEE4F7

square

#FEF8E4 #E4FEEB #E4EAFE #FEE4F7

split-complementary

#FEF8E4 #E4F7FE #EBE4FE

monochromatic

#FAD96E #FCE9A9 #FEF7E1 #FEF7E1 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.06

#FEF8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.76

#FEF8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF8E4

19.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF8E4	1.00	1.06	19.76	19.76
#FFFFFF	1.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDF7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEF9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF5F2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F8F8F8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 248, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.8% 0.027 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefaec',
    500: '#fef8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef8e4;
$custom-light: #fefaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 94.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97847,
    "c": 0.02698,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.93807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF8E4

secondary

#9CAEEA

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFD

border

#D7D7D5

text

#171716

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF8E4

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

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