#FFEF72#FFEF72

#FFEF72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.842; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.146 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEF72
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 55.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.54, -9.83, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.54, 62.14, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(94.1% -0.0306 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(94.1% 0.146 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.1463, 84.2107, 28.2122)
Luminance	0.8421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEF72 #7282FF

analogous

#FFA872 #FFEF72 #C9FF72

triadic

#FFEF72 #72FFEF #EF72FF

tetradic

#FFEF72 #72FFA8 #7282FF #FF72C9

square

#FFEF72 #72FFA8 #7282FF #FF72C9

split-complementary

#FFEF72 #72C9FF #A872FF

monochromatic

#F7DB00 #FFE835 #FFEF72 #FFF6AF #FFFCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFEF72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.84

#FFEF72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEF72

17.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEF72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEF72	1.00	1.18	17.84	17.84
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE866

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffef72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.146 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff49e',
    500: '#ffef72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffef72;
$custom-light: #fff49e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffef72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.191,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94095,
    "c": 0.14613,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.84208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEF72

secondary

#394CDC

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEF72

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

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