#FFEFA4#FFEFA4

#FFEFA4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.857; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.096 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEFA4
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 164)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(49, 36%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 35.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.17, -5.16, 38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.17, 38.62, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(94.8% -0.0126 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(94.8% 0.096 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(78.8086, 85.6756, 47.5004)
Luminance	0.8567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEFA4 #A4B4FF

analogous

#FFC2A4 #FFEFA4 #E1FFA4

triadic

#FFEFA4 #A4FFEF #EFA4FF

tetradic

#FFEFA4 #A4FFC2 #A4B4FF #FFA4E1

square

#FFEFA4 #A4FFC2 #A4B4FF #FFA4E1

split-complementary

#FFEFA4 #A4E1FF #C2A4FF

monochromatic

#FFD92A #FFE467 #FFEFA4 #FFFAE0 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FFEFA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.13

#FFEFA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEFA4

18.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEFA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEFA4	1.00	1.16	18.13	18.13
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDEB9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffefa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.096 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4bf',
    500: '#ffefa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffefa4;
$custom-light: #fff4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffefa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.451,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.948,
    "c": 0.0955,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.85673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEFA4

secondary

#647AE4

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEFA4

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

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