#FEF9EC#FEF9EC

#FEF9EC is a very light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.949; OKLCH L 98.2% C 0.018 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF9EC
RGB	rgb(254, 249, 236)
HSL	hsl(43, 90%, 96%)
HSV	hsv(43, 7%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 7.1%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.98, -0.53, 6.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.98, 6.84, 94.46°)
OKLab	oklab(98.25% 0.0002 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(98.25% 0.018 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(89.8871, 94.8789, 92.9187)
Luminance	0.9488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF9EC #ECF1FE

analogous

#FEF0EC #FEF9EC #FAFEEC

triadic

#FEF9EC #ECFEF9 #F9ECFE

tetradic

#FEF9EC #ECFEF0 #ECF1FE #FEECFA

square

#FEF9EC #ECFEF0 #ECF1FE #FEECFA

split-complementary

#FEF9EC #ECFAFE #F0ECFE

monochromatic

#F8D478 #FBE7B2 #FDF6E2 #FDF6E2 #FDF6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.05

#FEF9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.98

#FEF9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF9EC

19.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF9EC	1.00	1.05	19.98	19.98
#FFFFFF	1.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCF8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEFAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF7F5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F9F9F9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 249, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(98.2% 0.018 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefbf2',
    500: '#fef9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef9ec;
$custom-light: #fefbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 90,
    "l": 96.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.98246,
    "c": 0.01792,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.94878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF9EC

secondary

#A4B7EA

accent

#40E600

background

#FFFFFF

surface

#FFFFFE

border

#D7D7D6

text

#171716

muted

#858585

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF9EC

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

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