#FFEF8A#FFEF8A

#FFEF8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.848; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.123 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEF8A
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 138)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 46%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 45.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.81, -7.82, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.81, 51.16, 98.80°)
OKLab	oklab(94.39% -0.0224 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(94.39% 0.123 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(76.6959, 84.8305, 36.3737)
Luminance	0.8483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEF8A #8A9AFF

analogous

#FFB58A #FFEF8A #D5FF8A

triadic

#FFEF8A #8AFFEF #EF8AFF

tetradic

#FFEF8A #8AFFB5 #8A9AFF #FF8AD5

square

#FFEF8A #8AFFB5 #8A9AFF #FF8AD5

split-complementary

#FFEF8A #8AD5FF #B58AFF

monochromatic

#FFDE10 #FFE74D #FFEF8A #FFF7C7 #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FFEF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.97

#FFEF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEF8A

17.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEF8A	1.00	1.17	17.97	17.97
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF08E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffef8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.123 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4ae',
    500: '#ffef8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffef8a;
$custom-light: #fff4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffef8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94394,
    "c": 0.12339,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.84828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEF8A

secondary

#4E62E0

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEF8A

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

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