#FFEF97#FFEF97

#FFEF97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.852; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.110 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEF97
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 151)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(51, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 40.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.98, -6.56, 44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.98, 44.94, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(94.59% -0.0176 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(94.59% 0.11 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(77.6941, 85.2298, 41.6305)
Luminance	0.8523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEF97 #97A7FF

analogous

#FFBB97 #FFEF97 #DBFF97

triadic

#FFEF97 #97FFEF #EF97FF

tetradic

#FFEF97 #97FFBB #97A7FF #FF97DB

square

#FFEF97 #97FFBB #97A7FF #FF97DB

split-complementary

#FFEF97 #97DBFF #BB97FF

monochromatic

#FFDC1D #FFE65A #FFEF97 #FFF8D4 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FFEF97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.05

#FFEF97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEF97

18.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEF97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEF97	1.00	1.16	18.05	18.05
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffef97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.110 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4b7',
    500: '#ffef97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffef97;
$custom-light: #fff4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffef97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94586,
    "c": 0.1098,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.85227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEF97

secondary

#596EE2

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEF97

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

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