Lit `#FFFED8`

Lit (#FFFED8) is a near-white, muted yellow with an OKLCH hue of 106°, lightness 0.99 and chroma 0.049. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.

Color values

HEX	`#FFFED8`
RGB	`rgb(255, 254, 216)`
HSL	`hsl(58, 100%, 92%)`
HSV	`hsv(58, 15%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 0%, 15%, 0%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(98.9 -5.8 18.3)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.988 0.049 106)`

How Lit behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Lit shifts subtly: leans toward orange, reads darker; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #fff7c9 — ΔE 2.1, shifts subtly: leans toward orange, reads darker
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #ffffd3 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #fffed8 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #ffffdb — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged

Test Lit in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 1.03:1 and against black 20.42:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Lit

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#fffed8 · #cdccaa · #a5a486 · #7f7e64 · #5b5b44 · #3a3926

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#fffed8 · #fae6b1 · #efcea2 · #e1b797 · #d0a18f · #bd8d88

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#fffed8 · #a7c2b1 · #a09e6f · #548a6c · #646239 · #314b3c

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#fffed8 · #d8d8c7 · #b7b698 · #949379 · #615e8e · #363626

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#fffed8 · #dcdce4 · #9c9c91 · #5d5d62 · #27271d · #010102

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#fffed8 · #cccbbb · #a0a08e · #2a2912 · #090800 · #d1c94e

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#fffed8 · #cfefd3 · #df33f3 · #567a58 · #2b3862 · #1e050f

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#fffed8 · #dcdcec · #839dc0 · #6e507a · #0f2645 · #020004

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#fffed8 · #cfe1e9 · #72a3b8 · #7c4c66 · #3c182d · #00050b

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#fffed8 · #cde2e2 · #6da7a7 · #5a5786 · #40171b · #010007

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#FDFDDB · #FCFBDF · #FAFAE2 · #F9F9E5 · #F7F7E8

Shades

#D0CFAD · #A2A183 · #77765C · #4E4D38 · #292816

Muted

#FEFDE0 · #FDFDE7 · #FCFCEF

Using Lit

Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.