#FEF9BE#FEF9BE

#FEF9BE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.925; OKLCH L 97.2% C 0.075 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF9BE
RGB	rgb(254, 249, 190)
HSL	hsl(55, 97%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(55, 25%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 25.2%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.04, -7.34, 29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.04, 29.92, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(97.19% -0.0178 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(97.19% 0.075 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(84.0431, 92.5413, 62.1402)
Luminance	0.9254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF9BE #BEC3FE

analogous

#FED9BE #FEF9BE #E3FEBE

triadic

#FEF9BE #BEFEF9 #F9BEFE

tetradic

#FEF9BE #BEFED9 #BEC3FE #FEBEE3

square

#FEF9BE #BEFED9 #BEC3FE #FEBEE3

split-complementary

#FEF9BE #BEE3FE #D9BEFE

monochromatic

#FCEE45 #FDF382 #FEF9BE #FFFCE1 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.08

#FEF9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.51

#FEF9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF9BE

19.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF9BE	1.00	1.08	19.51	19.51
#FFFFFF	1.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF8C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF1E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F6F6F6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 249, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.2% 0.075 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbd2',
    500: '#fef9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef9be;
$custom-light: #fffbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.312,
    "s": 96.97,
    "l": 87.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97191,
    "c": 0.07543,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.9254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF9BE

secondary

#7B83E6

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFB

border

#D7D7D4

text

#181714

muted

#868583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF9BE

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

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