#FEF9AE#FEF9AE

#FEF9AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.919; OKLCH L 96.9% C 0.094 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF9AE
RGB	rgb(254, 249, 174)
HSL	hsl(56, 98%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(56, 31%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 31.5%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.77, -9.34, 36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.77, 37.85, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(96.89% -0.0241 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(96.89% 0.094 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(82.3894, 91.8798, 53.4306)
Luminance	0.9188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF9AE #AEB3FE

analogous

#FED1AE #FEF9AE #DBFEAE

triadic

#FEF9AE #AEFEF9 #F9AEFE

tetradic

#FEF9AE #AEFED1 #AEB3FE #FEAEDB

square

#FEF9AE #AEFED1 #AEB3FE #FEAEDB

split-complementary

#FEF9AE #AEDBFE #D1AEFE

monochromatic

#FDF035 #FDF572 #FEF9AE #FFFDE1 #FFFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.08

#FEF9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.38

#FEF9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF9AE

19.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF9AE	1.00	1.08	19.38	19.38
#FFFFFF	1.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF3A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF8B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEFE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F6F6F6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 249, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.9% 0.094 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbc6',
    500: '#fef9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef9ae;
$custom-light: #fffbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 97.561,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96888,
    "c": 0.09439,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.91878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF9AE

secondary

#6D74E3

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF9

border

#D7D7D2

text

#181713

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF9AE

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

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