#FFEF85#FFEF85

#FFEF85 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.847; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.128 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEF85
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 133)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 48%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 47.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.75, -8.28, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.75, 53.50, 98.90°)
OKLab	oklab(94.33% -0.0241 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(94.33% 0.128 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(76.3423, 84.6890, 34.5110)
Luminance	0.8469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEF85 #8595FF

analogous

#FFB285 #FFEF85 #D2FF85

triadic

#FFEF85 #85FFEF #EF85FF

tetradic

#FFEF85 #85FFB2 #8595FF #FF85D2

square

#FFEF85 #85FFB2 #8595FF #FF85D2

split-complementary

#FFEF85 #85D2FF #B285FF

monochromatic

#FFDF0B #FFE748 #FFEF85 #FFF7C2 #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FFEF85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.94

#FFEF85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEF85

17.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEF85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEF85	1.00	1.17	17.94	17.94
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE97C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF08A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffef85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.128 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4aa',
    500: '#ffef85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffef85;
$custom-light: #fff4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffef85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94326,
    "c": 0.12839,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.84686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEF85

secondary

#495DDF

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEF85

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

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