#FEF9DC#FEF9DC

#FEF9DC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.940; OKLCH L 97.8% C 0.038 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF9DC
RGB	rgb(254, 249, 220)
HSL	hsl(51, 94%, 93%)
HSV	hsv(51, 13%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 13.4%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.63, -3.07, 14.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.63, 14.85, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(97.85% -0.006 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(97.85% 0.038 99)
XYZ	xyz(87.6659, 93.9904, 81.2200)
Luminance	0.9399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF9DC #DCE1FE

analogous

#FEE8DC #FEF9DC #F2FEDC

triadic

#FEF9DC #DCFEF9 #F9DCFE

tetradic

#FEF9DC #DCFEE8 #DCE1FE #FEDCF2

square

#FEF9DC #DCFEE8 #DCE1FE #FEDCF2

split-complementary

#FEF9DC #DCF2FE #E8DCFE

monochromatic

#FBE565 #FCEFA0 #FEF9DC #FEFAE1 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.06

#FEF9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.80

#FEF9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF9DC

19.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF9DC	1.00	1.06	19.80	19.80
#FFFFFF	1.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF5F1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F8F8F8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 249, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.8% 0.038 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbe6',
    500: '#fef9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef9dc;
$custom-light: #fffbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 92.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97847,
    "c": 0.03815,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.9399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF9DC

secondary

#95A1E9

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFC

border

#D7D7D5

text

#181716

muted

#868584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF9DC

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

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