#FFEF5E#FFEF5E

#FFEF5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.838; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.162 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEF5E
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 63.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.37, -11.16, 69.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.37, 70.58, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(93.9% -0.0365 0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(93.9% 0.162 103)
XYZ	xyz(74.1298, 83.8040, 22.8585)
Luminance	0.8380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEF5E #5E6EFF

analogous

#FF9E5E #FFEF5E #BEFF5E

triadic

#FFEF5E #5EFFEF #EF5EFF

tetradic

#FFEF5E #5EFF9E #5E6EFF #FF5EBE

square

#FFEF5E #5EFF9E #5E6EFF #FF5EBE

split-complementary

#FFEF5E #5EBEFF #9E5EFF

monochromatic

#E3CC00 #FFE921 #FFEF5E #FFF59B #FFFBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFEF5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.76

#FFEF5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEF5E

17.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEF5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEF5E	1.00	1.18	17.76	17.76
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffef5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.162 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff392',
    500: '#ffef5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffef5e;
$custom-light: #fff392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffef5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.037,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93898,
    "c": 0.1623,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.83801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEF5E

secondary

#283AD9

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19170D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEF5E

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

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