#FFEF9C#FFEF9C

#FFEF9C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.854; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.104 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEF9C
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 156)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(50, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 38.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.05, -6.03, 42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.05, 42.52, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(94.67% -0.0157 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(94.67% 0.104 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(78.1088, 85.3956, 43.8145)
Luminance	0.8539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEF9C #9CACFF

analogous

#FFBD9C #FFEF9C #DDFF9C

triadic

#FFEF9C #9CFFEF #EF9CFF

tetradic

#FFEF9C #9CFFBD #9CACFF #FF9CDD

square

#FFEF9C #9CFFBD #9CACFF #FF9CDD

split-complementary

#FFEF9C #9CDDFF #BD9CFF

monochromatic

#FFDB22 #FFE55F #FFEF9C #FFF9D9 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FFEF9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.08

#FFEF9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEF9C

18.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEF9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEF9C	1.00	1.16	18.08	18.08
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEEA96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffef9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.104 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4ba',
    500: '#ffef9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffef9c;
$custom-light: #fff4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffef9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.303,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94666,
    "c": 0.10438,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.85393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEF9C

secondary

#5D72E2

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEF9C

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

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