#FFEF8D#FFEF8D

#FFEF8D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.849; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.120 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEF8D
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 141)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 44.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.85, -7.54, 49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.85, 49.74, 98.72°)
OKLab	oklab(94.44% -0.0213 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(94.44% 0.12 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(76.9161, 84.9186, 37.5334)
Luminance	0.8492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEF8D #8D9DFF

analogous

#FFB68D #FFEF8D #D6FF8D

triadic

#FFEF8D #8DFFEF #EF8DFF

tetradic

#FFEF8D #8DFFB6 #8D9DFF #FF8DD6

square

#FFEF8D #8DFFB6 #8D9DFF #FF8DD6

split-complementary

#FFEF8D #8DD6FF #B68DFF

monochromatic

#FFDE13 #FFE650 #FFEF8D #FFF8CA #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FFEF8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.98

#FFEF8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEF8D

17.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEF8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEF8D	1.00	1.17	17.98	17.98
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF091

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffef8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.120 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4b0',
    500: '#ffef8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffef8d;
$custom-light: #fff4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffef8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.579,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94436,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.84916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEF8D

secondary

#5064E0

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEF8D

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

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