#FFEF7B#FFEF7B

#FFEF7B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.844; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.138 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEF7B
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 123)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 51.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.64, -9.13, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.64, 58.11, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(94.2% -0.0276 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(94.2% 0.138 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(75.6840, 84.4257, 31.0441)
Luminance	0.8442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEF7B #7B8BFF

analogous

#FFAD7B #FFEF7B #CDFF7B

triadic

#FFEF7B #7BFFEF #EF7BFF

tetradic

#FFEF7B #7BFFAD #7B8BFF #FF7BCD

square

#FFEF7B #7BFFAD #7B8BFF #FF7BCD

split-complementary

#FFEF7B #7BCDFF #AD7BFF

monochromatic

#FFE001 #FFE83E #FFEF7B #FFF6B8 #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FFEF7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.88

#FFEF7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEF7B

17.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEF7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEF7B	1.00	1.17	17.88	17.88
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffef7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.138 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4a4',
    500: '#ffef7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffef7b;
$custom-light: #fff4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffef7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94199,
    "c": 0.138,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.84423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEF7B

secondary

#4154DD

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEF7B

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

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