#FEF9CB#FEF9CB

#FEF9CB is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.931; OKLCH L 97.5% C 0.059 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF9CB
RGB	rgb(254, 249, 203)
HSL	hsl(54, 96%, 90%)
HSV	hsv(54, 20%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 20.1%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.28, -5.57, 22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.28, 23.41, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(97.46% -0.0127 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(97.46% 0.059 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(85.5278, 93.1352, 69.9597)
Luminance	0.9313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF9CB #CBD0FE

analogous

#FEE0CB #FEF9CB #EAFECB

triadic

#FEF9CB #CBFEF9 #F9CBFE

tetradic

#FEF9CB #CBFEE0 #CBD0FE #FECBEA

square

#FEF9CB #CBFEE0 #CBD0FE #FECBEA

split-complementary

#FEF9CB #CBEAFE #E0CBFE

monochromatic

#FCEB53 #FDF28F #FEF9CB #FEFCE1 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.07

#FEF9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.63

#FEF9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF9CB

19.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF9CB	1.00	1.07	19.63	19.63
#FFFFFF	1.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF6C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF3EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F7F7F7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 249, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.5% 0.059 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbdb',
    500: '#fef9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef9cb;
$custom-light: #fffbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.118,
    "s": 96.226,
    "l": 89.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97461,
    "c": 0.05949,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.93134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF9CB

secondary

#868FE7

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFB

border

#D7D7D4

text

#181715

muted

#868584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF9CB

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

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