Color specimenNo. 16710083

#FEF9C3

Vivid Very Light Yellow

A deterministic reference card for #FEF9C3. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
254, 249, 195
HSL
55°, 97%, 88%
Text
Black on top

Tailwind CSS · yellow

tailwind · yellow 100

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-yellow-100, text-yellow-100, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · yellow

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Class name
yellow-100
Hex
#FEF9C3
Closest CSS named color
lemonchiffon
Full color breakdown
/color/fef9c3

Developer snippets

Copy-ready code

Every snippet below is generated from the hex — not a hand-maintained table.

Conversions

Same color, seven encodings

Nearest matches

Closest in other design systems

Accessibility

Contrast against white & black

On white

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #FEF9C3 as the text color.

1.07:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #FEF9C3 as the text color.

19.55:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

Recommendation

When using #FEF9C3 as a background, pair it with #000000 text for the best WCAG contrast.

Contrast ratios only — one part of WCAG 2.1. Not a certification of accessibility or legal compliance.

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