#FEF9AA#FEF9AA

#FEF9AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.917; OKLCH L 96.8% C 0.099 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF9AA
RGB	rgb(254, 249, 170)
HSL	hsl(56, 98%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(56, 33%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 33.1%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.71, -9.81, 38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.71, 39.82, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(96.82% -0.0256 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(96.82% 0.099 105)
XYZ	xyz(82.0052, 91.7262, 51.4074)
Luminance	0.9172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF9AA #AAAFFE

analogous

#FECFAA #FEF9AA #D9FEAA

triadic

#FEF9AA #AAFEF9 #F9AAFE

tetradic

#FEF9AA #AAFECF #AAAFFE #FEAAD9

square

#FEF9AA #AAFECF #AAAFFE #FEAAD9

split-complementary

#FEF9AA #AAD9FE #CFAAFE

monochromatic

#FDF031 #FDF56E #FEF9AA #FFFDE1 #FFFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.09

#FEF9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.34

#FEF9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF9AA

19.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF9AA	1.00	1.09	19.34	19.34
#FFFFFF	1.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF3A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEFE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F5F5F5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 249, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.8% 0.099 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbc4',
    500: '#fef9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef9aa;
$custom-light: #fffbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.429,
    "s": 97.674,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96818,
    "c": 0.09899,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.91724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF9AA

secondary

#6971E3

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF9

border

#D7D7D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF9AA

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

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