#FFEF9E#FFEF9E

#FFEF9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.855; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.102 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEF9E
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 158)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(50, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 38%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.08, -5.82, 41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.08, 41.55, 98.05°)
OKLab	oklab(94.7% -0.0149 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(94.7% 0.102 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(78.2795, 85.4639, 44.7138)
Luminance	0.8546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEF9E #9EAEFF

analogous

#FFBE9E #FFEF9E #DEFF9E

triadic

#FFEF9E #9EFFEF #EF9EFF

tetradic

#FFEF9E #9EFFBE #9EAEFF #FF9EDE

square

#FFEF9E #9EFFBE #9EAEFF #FF9EDE

split-complementary

#FFEF9E #9EDEFF #BE9EFF

monochromatic

#FFDB24 #FFE561 #FFEF9E #FFF9DB #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FFEF9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.09

#FFEF9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEF9E

18.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEF9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEF9E	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)

#FEEB98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffef9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.102 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4bb',
    500: '#ffef9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffef9e;
$custom-light: #fff4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffef9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.103,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94699,
    "c": 0.10218,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.85462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEF9E

secondary

#5F74E3

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEF9E

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

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