#FFEF9F#FFEF9F

#FFEF9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.855; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.101 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEF9F
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 159)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(50, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 37.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.10, -5.71, 40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.10, 41.06, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(94.72% -0.0145 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(94.72% 0.101 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(78.3659, 85.4985, 45.1690)
Luminance	0.8550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEF9F #9FAFFF

analogous

#FFBF9F #FFEF9F #DFFF9F

triadic

#FFEF9F #9FFFEF #EF9FFF

tetradic

#FFEF9F #9FFFBF #9FAFFF #FF9FDF

square

#FFEF9F #9FFFBF #9FAFFF #FF9FDF

split-complementary

#FFEF9F #9FDFFF #BF9FFF

monochromatic

#FFDB25 #FFE562 #FFEF9F #FFF9DC #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FFEF9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.10

#FFEF9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEF9F

18.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEF9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEF9F	1.00	1.16	18.10	18.10
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEEB99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffef9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.101 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4bc',
    500: '#ffef9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffef9f;
$custom-light: #fff4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffef9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94715,
    "c": 0.10108,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.85496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEF9F

secondary

#5F75E3

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEF9F

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

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