#FEF9E2#FEF9E2

#FEF9E2 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.943; OKLCH L 98.0% C 0.031 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF9E2
RGB	rgb(254, 249, 226)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 94%)
HSV	hsv(49, 11%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 11%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.76, -2.14, 11.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.76, 11.83, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(97.99% -0.0036 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(97.99% 0.031 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(88.4748, 94.3140, 85.4803)
Luminance	0.9431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF9E2 #E2E7FE

analogous

#FEEBE2 #FEF9E2 #F5FEE2

triadic

#FEF9E2 #E2FEF9 #F9E2FE

tetradic

#FEF9E2 #E2FEEB #E2E7FE #FEE2F5

square

#FEF9E2 #E2FEEB #E2E7FE #FEE2F5

split-complementary

#FEF9E2 #E2F5FE #EBE2FE

monochromatic

#FAE16C #FCEDA7 #FEF9E1 #FEF9E1 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.06

#FEF9E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.86

#FEF9E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF9E2

19.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF9E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF9E2	1.00	1.06	19.86	19.86
#FFFFFF	1.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEF7E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF5F2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F9F9F9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef9e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 249, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(98.0% 0.031 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefbeb',
    500: '#fef9e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef9e2;
$custom-light: #fefbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef9e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 94.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97993,
    "c": 0.03054,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.94313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF9E2

secondary

#9AA9EA

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFD

border

#D7D7D5

text

#171716

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF9E2

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

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