#FFEF9D#FFEF9D

#FFEF9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.854; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.103 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEF9D
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 157)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(50, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 38.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.07, -5.93, 41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.07, 42.04, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(94.68% -0.0153 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(94.68% 0.103 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(78.1938, 85.4296, 44.2623)
Luminance	0.8543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEF9D #9DADFF

analogous

#FFBE9D #FFEF9D #DEFF9D

triadic

#FFEF9D #9DFFEF #EF9DFF

tetradic

#FFEF9D #9DFFBE #9DADFF #FF9DDE

square

#FFEF9D #9DFFBE #9DADFF #FF9DDE

split-complementary

#FFEF9D #9DDEFF #BE9DFF

monochromatic

#FFDB23 #FFE560 #FFEF9D #FFF9DA #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FFEF9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.09

#FFEF9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEF9D

18.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEF9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEF9D	1.00	1.16	18.09	18.09
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEEA97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffef9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.103 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4bb',
    500: '#ffef9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffef9d;
$custom-light: #fff4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffef9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94682,
    "c": 0.10329,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.85427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEF9D

secondary

#5E73E3

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEF9D

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

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