#FFEF95#FFEF95

#FFEF95 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.852; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.112 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEF95
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 149)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 42%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 41.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.95, -6.76, 45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.95, 45.91, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(94.56% -0.0183 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(94.56% 0.112 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(77.5330, 85.1653, 40.7823)
Luminance	0.8516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEF95 #95A5FF

analogous

#FFBA95 #FFEF95 #DAFF95

triadic

#FFEF95 #95FFEF #EF95FF

tetradic

#FFEF95 #95FFBA #95A5FF #FF95DA

square

#FFEF95 #95FFBA #95A5FF #FF95DA

split-complementary

#FFEF95 #95DAFF #BA95FF

monochromatic

#FFDD1B #FFE658 #FFEF95 #FFF8D2 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FFEF95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.03

#FFEF95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEF95

18.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEF95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEF95	1.00	1.16	18.03	18.03
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffef95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.112 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4b5',
    500: '#ffef95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffef95;
$custom-light: #fff4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffef95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94555,
    "c": 0.11195,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.85163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEF95

secondary

#576CE1

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEF95

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

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