#FFEF2E#FFEF2E

#FFEF2E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.832; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.189 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEF2E
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 100%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 82%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 82%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.10, -13.19, 85.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.10, 86.24, 98.80°)
OKLab	oklab(93.6% -0.0466 0.183)
OKLCH	oklch(93.6% 0.189 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.6031, 83.1934, 14.8178)
Luminance	0.8319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEF2E #2E3EFF

analogous

#FF872E #FFEF2E #A6FF2E

triadic

#FFEF2E #2EFFEF #EF2EFF

tetradic

#FFEF2E #2EFF87 #2E3EFF #FF2EA6

square

#FFEF2E #2EFF87 #2E3EFF #FF2EA6

split-complementary

#FFEF2E #2EA6FF #872EFF

monochromatic

#B3A500 #F0DD00 #FFEF2E #FFF46B #FFF8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFEF2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.64

#FFEF2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEF2E

17.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEF2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEF2E	1.00	1.19	17.64	17.64
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffef2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.189 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff37a',
    500: '#ffef2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffef2e;
$custom-light: #fff37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffef2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.407,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93601,
    "c": 0.18883,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.8319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEF2E

secondary

#1F2BB2

accent

#39FF29

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FFFEF2

border

#D7D6CC

text

#19170B

muted

#87857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEF2E

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

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