#FEF9BD#FEF9BD

#FEF9BD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.925; OKLCH L 97.2% C 0.077 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF9BD
RGB	rgb(254, 249, 189)
HSL	hsl(55, 97%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(55, 26%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 25.6%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.02, -7.47, 29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.02, 30.42, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(97.17% -0.0182 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(97.17% 0.077 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(83.9342, 92.4977, 61.5665)
Luminance	0.9250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF9BD #BDC2FE

analogous

#FED9BD #FEF9BD #E3FEBD

triadic

#FEF9BD #BDFEF9 #F9BDFE

tetradic

#FEF9BD #BDFED9 #BDC2FE #FEBDE3

square

#FEF9BD #BDFED9 #BDC2FE #FEBDE3

split-complementary

#FEF9BD #BDE3FE #D9BDFE

monochromatic

#FCEE44 #FDF481 #FEF9BD #FFFCE1 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.08

#FEF9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.50

#FEF9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF9BD

19.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF9BD	1.00	1.08	19.50	19.50
#FFFFFF	1.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF1E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F6F6F6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 249, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.2% 0.077 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbd1',
    500: '#fef9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef9bd;
$custom-light: #fffbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 97.015,
    "l": 86.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97171,
    "c": 0.07663,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.92496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF9BD

secondary

#7A82E6

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFB

border

#D7D7D4

text

#181714

muted

#868583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF9BD

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

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