#FFEF98#FFEF98

#FFEF98 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.853; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.109 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEF98
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 152)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(51, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 40.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.00, -6.45, 43.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.00, 44.46, 98.34°)
OKLab	oklab(94.6% -0.0172 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(94.6% 0.109 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(77.7756, 85.2624, 42.0600)
Luminance	0.8526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEF98 #98A8FF

analogous

#FFBC98 #FFEF98 #DBFF98

triadic

#FFEF98 #98FFEF #EF98FF

tetradic

#FFEF98 #98FFBC #98A8FF #FF98DB

square

#FFEF98 #98FFBC #98A8FF #FF98DB

split-complementary

#FFEF98 #98DBFF #BC98FF

monochromatic

#FFDC1E #FFE55B #FFEF98 #FFF9D5 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FFEF98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.05

#FFEF98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEF98

18.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEF98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEF98	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)

#FFEA91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffef98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.109 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4b7',
    500: '#ffef98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffef98;
$custom-light: #fff4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffef98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.68,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94602,
    "c": 0.10873,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.8526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEF98

secondary

#596FE2

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEF98

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

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