#FFEFA1#FFEFA1

#FFEFA1 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.856; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.099 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEFA1
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 161)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(50, 37%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 36.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.13, -5.49, 39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.13, 40.08, 97.87°)
OKLab	oklab(94.75% -0.0138 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(94.75% 0.099 98)
XYZ	xyz(78.5409, 85.5685, 46.0904)
Luminance	0.8557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEFA1 #A1B1FF

analogous

#FFC0A1 #FFEFA1 #E0FFA1

triadic

#FFEFA1 #A1FFEF #EFA1FF

tetradic

#FFEFA1 #A1FFC0 #A1B1FF #FFA1E0

square

#FFEFA1 #A1FFC0 #A1B1FF #FFA1E0

split-complementary

#FFEFA1 #A1E0FF #C0A1FF

monochromatic

#FFDA27 #FFE564 #FFEFA1 #FFF9DE #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FFEFA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.11

#FFEFA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEFA1

18.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEFA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEFA1	1.00	1.16	18.11	18.11
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEEB9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffefa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.099 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4bd',
    500: '#ffefa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffefa1;
$custom-light: #fff4bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffefa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94749,
    "c": 0.09886,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.85566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEFA1

secondary

#6177E3

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEFA1

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

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