#FEF9BF#FEF9BF

#FEF9BF is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.926; OKLCH L 97.2% C 0.074 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF9BF
RGB	rgb(254, 249, 191)
HSL	hsl(55, 97%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(55, 25%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 24.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.06, -7.21, 28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.06, 29.42, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(97.21% -0.0174 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(97.21% 0.074 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(84.1528, 92.5852, 62.7177)
Luminance	0.9258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF9BF #BFC4FE

analogous

#FEDABF #FEF9BF #E4FEBF

triadic

#FEF9BF #BFFEF9 #F9BFFE

tetradic

#FEF9BF #BFFEDA #BFC4FE #FEBFE4

square

#FEF9BF #BFFEDA #BFC4FE #FEBFE4

split-complementary

#FEF9BF #BFE4FE #DABFFE

monochromatic

#FCEE46 #FDF383 #FEF9BF #FFFCE1 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.08

#FEF9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.52

#FEF9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF9BF

19.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF9BF	1.00	1.08	19.52	19.52
#FFFFFF	1.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF8C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF1E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F6F6F6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 249, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.2% 0.074 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbd2',
    500: '#fef9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef9bf;
$custom-light: #fffbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 96.923,
    "l": 87.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97211,
    "c": 0.07422,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.92584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF9BF

secondary

#7B84E6

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFB

border

#D7D7D4

text

#181714

muted

#868583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF9BF

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

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