#FEF9BC#FEF9BC

#FEF9BC is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.925; OKLCH L 97.2% C 0.078 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF9BC
RGB	rgb(254, 249, 188)
HSL	hsl(55, 97%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(55, 26%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 26%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.01, -7.60, 29.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.01, 30.91, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(97.15% -0.0186 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(97.15% 0.078 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(83.8260, 92.4545, 60.9968)
Luminance	0.9245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF9BC #BCC1FE

analogous

#FED8BC #FEF9BC #E2FEBC

triadic

#FEF9BC #BCFEF9 #F9BCFE

tetradic

#FEF9BC #BCFED8 #BCC1FE #FEBCE2

square

#FEF9BC #BCFED8 #BCC1FE #FEBCE2

split-complementary

#FEF9BC #BCE2FE #D8BCFE

monochromatic

#FCEE43 #FDF480 #FEF9BC #FFFCE1 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.08

#FEF9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.49

#FEF9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF9BC

19.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF9BC	1.00	1.08	19.49	19.49
#FFFFFF	1.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF4B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF1E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F6F6F6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 249, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.2% 0.078 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbd0',
    500: '#fef9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef9bc;
$custom-light: #fffbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 86.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97151,
    "c": 0.07784,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.92453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF9BC

secondary

#7981E5

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFB

border

#D7D7D4

text

#181714

muted

#868583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF9BC

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

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