#FEF9C8#FEF9C8

#FEF9C8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.930; OKLCH L 97.4% C 0.063 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF9C8
RGB	rgb(254, 249, 200)
HSL	hsl(54, 96%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(54, 21%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 21.3%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.22, -5.99, 24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.22, 24.91, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(97.4% -0.0138 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(97.4% 0.063 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(85.1738, 92.9936, 68.0950)
Luminance	0.9299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF9C8 #C8CDFE

analogous

#FEDEC8 #FEF9C8 #E8FEC8

triadic

#FEF9C8 #C8FEF9 #F9C8FE

tetradic

#FEF9C8 #C8FEDE #C8CDFE #FEC8E8

square

#FEF9C8 #C8FEDE #C8CDFE #FEC8E8

split-complementary

#FEF9C8 #C8E8FE #DEC8FE

monochromatic

#FCEC50 #FDF28C #FEF9C8 #FEFCE1 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.07

#FEF9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.60

#FEF9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF9C8

19.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF9C8	1.00	1.07	19.60	19.60
#FFFFFF	1.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF2EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F7F7F7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 249, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.4% 0.063 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbd9',
    500: '#fef9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef9c8;
$custom-light: #fffbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 96.429,
    "l": 89.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97396,
    "c": 0.06321,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.92992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF9C8

secondary

#838CE7

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFB

border

#D7D7D4

text

#181714

muted

#868583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF9C8

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

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