#FEF9EA#FEF9EA

#FEF9EA is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.948; OKLCH L 98.2% C 0.020 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF9EA
RGB	rgb(254, 249, 234)
HSL	hsl(45, 91%, 96%)
HSV	hsv(45, 8%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 7.9%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.94, -0.86, 7.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.94, 7.83, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(98.2% -0.0006 0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(98.2% 0.02 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(89.5982, 94.7633, 91.3970)
Luminance	0.9476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF9EA #EAEFFE

analogous

#FEEFEA #FEF9EA #F9FEEA

triadic

#FEF9EA #EAFEF9 #F9EAFE

tetradic

#FEF9EA #EAFEEF #EAEFFE #FEEAF9

square

#FEF9EA #EAFEEF #EAEFFE #FEEAF9

split-complementary

#FEF9EA #EAF9FE #EFEAFE

monochromatic

#F8D875 #FBE8B0 #FEF7E2 #FEF7E2 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.05

#FEF9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.95

#FEF9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF9EA

19.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF9EA	1.00	1.05	19.95	19.95
#FFFFFF	1.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDF8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEFAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF6F5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F9F9F9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 249, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(98.2% 0.020 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefbf0',
    500: '#fef9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef9ea;
$custom-light: #fefbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 95.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.98195,
    "c": 0.02042,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.94763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF9EA

secondary

#A2B4EA

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFFFF

surface

#FFFFFE

border

#D7D7D6

text

#171716

muted

#858585

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF9EA

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

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