#FEF9AC#FEF9AC

#FEF9AC is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.918; OKLCH L 96.9% C 0.097 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF9AC
RGB	rgb(254, 249, 172)
HSL	hsl(56, 98%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(56, 32%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 32.3%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.74, -9.58, 37.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.74, 38.84, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(96.85% -0.0249 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(96.85% 0.097 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(82.1959, 91.8024, 52.4114)
Luminance	0.9180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF9AC #ACB1FE

analogous

#FED0AC #FEF9AC #DAFEAC

triadic

#FEF9AC #ACFEF9 #F9ACFE

tetradic

#FEF9AC #ACFED0 #ACB1FE #FEACDA

square

#FEF9AC #ACFED0 #ACB1FE #FEACDA

split-complementary

#FEF9AC #ACDAFE #D0ACFE

monochromatic

#FDF033 #FDF570 #FEF9AC #FFFDE1 #FFFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.08

#FEF9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.36

#FEF9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF9AC

19.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF9AC	1.00	1.08	19.36	19.36
#FFFFFF	1.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF3A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEFE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F6F6F6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 249, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.9% 0.097 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbc5',
    500: '#fef9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef9ac;
$custom-light: #fffbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.341,
    "s": 97.619,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96853,
    "c": 0.09669,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.91801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF9AC

secondary

#6B72E3

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF9

border

#D7D7D2

text

#181713

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF9AC

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

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