#FEF9DE#FEF9DE

#FEF9DE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.941; OKLCH L 97.9% C 0.036 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF9DE
RGB	rgb(254, 249, 222)
HSL	hsl(51, 94%, 93%)
HSV	hsv(51, 13%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 12.6%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.67, -2.76, 13.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.67, 13.84, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(97.9% -0.0052 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(97.9% 0.036 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(87.9323, 94.0970, 82.6233)
Luminance	0.9410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF9DE #DEE3FE

analogous

#FEE9DE #FEF9DE #F3FEDE

triadic

#FEF9DE #DEFEF9 #F9DEFE

tetradic

#FEF9DE #DEFEE9 #DEE3FE #FEDEF3

square

#FEF9DE #DEFEE9 #DEE3FE #FEDEF3

split-complementary

#FEF9DE #DEF3FE #E9DEFE

monochromatic

#FAE367 #FCEEA3 #FEF9DE #FEFAE1 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.06

#FEF9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.82

#FEF9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF9DE

19.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF9DE	1.00	1.06	19.82	19.82
#FFFFFF	1.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF5F1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F8F8F8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 249, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.9% 0.036 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefbe8',
    500: '#fef9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef9de;
$custom-light: #fefbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 94.118,
    "l": 93.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97895,
    "c": 0.03561,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.94096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF9DE

secondary

#97A4EA

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFC

border

#D7D7D5

text

#181716

muted

#868584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF9DE

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

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