#FFEF8F#FFEF8F

#FFEF8F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.850; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.118 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEF8F
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 143)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 43.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.87, -7.35, 48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.87, 48.78, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(94.47% -0.0205 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(94.47% 0.118 100)
XYZ	xyz(77.0663, 84.9787, 38.3242)
Luminance	0.8498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEF8F #8F9FFF

analogous

#FFB78F #FFEF8F #D7FF8F

triadic

#FFEF8F #8FFFEF #EF8FFF

tetradic

#FFEF8F #8FFFB7 #8F9FFF #FF8FD7

square

#FFEF8F #8FFFB7 #8F9FFF #FF8FD7

split-complementary

#FFEF8F #8FD7FF #B78FFF

monochromatic

#FFDE15 #FFE652 #FFEF8F #FFF8CC #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FFEF8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.00

#FFEF8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEF8F

18.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEF8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEF8F	1.00	1.17	18.00	18.00
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffef8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.118 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4b1',
    500: '#ffef8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffef8f;
$custom-light: #fff4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffef8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94465,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.84976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEF8F

secondary

#5266E0

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEF8F

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

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