#FFEF9A#FFEF9A

#FFEF9A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.853; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.107 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEF9A
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 154)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 39.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.02, -6.24, 43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.02, 43.49, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(94.63% -0.0164 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(94.63% 0.107 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(77.9408, 85.3285, 42.9300)
Luminance	0.8533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEF9A #9AAAFF

analogous

#FFBC9A #FFEF9A #DCFF9A

triadic

#FFEF9A #9AFFEF #EF9AFF

tetradic

#FFEF9A #9AFFBC #9AAAFF #FF9ADC

square

#FFEF9A #9AFFBC #9AAAFF #FF9ADC

split-complementary

#FFEF9A #9ADCFF #BC9AFF

monochromatic

#FFDC20 #FFE55D #FFEF9A #FFF9D7 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FFEF9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.07

#FFEF9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEF9A

18.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEF9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEF9A	1.00	1.16	18.07	18.07
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEEA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffef9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.107 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4b9',
    500: '#ffef9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffef9a;
$custom-light: #fff4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffef9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.495,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94633,
    "c": 0.10657,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.85326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEF9A

secondary

#5B70E2

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEF9A

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

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