#FFEFA5#FFEFA5

#FFEFA5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.857; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.094 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEFA5
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 165)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(49, 35%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 35.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.19, -5.04, 37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.19, 38.12, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(94.82% -0.0122 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(94.82% 0.094 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(78.8993, 85.7118, 47.9779)
Luminance	0.8571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEFA5 #A5B5FF

analogous

#FFC2A5 #FFEFA5 #E2FFA5

triadic

#FFEFA5 #A5FFEF #EFA5FF

tetradic

#FFEFA5 #A5FFC2 #A5B5FF #FFA5E2

square

#FFEFA5 #A5FFC2 #A5B5FF #FFA5E2

split-complementary

#FFEFA5 #A5E2FF #C2A5FF

monochromatic

#FFD92B #FFE468 #FFEFA5 #FFFAE0 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FFEFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.14

#FFEFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEFA5

18.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEFA5	1.00	1.16	18.14	18.14
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDEBA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffefa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.094 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4c0',
    500: '#ffefa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffefa5;
$custom-light: #fff4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffefa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94817,
    "c": 0.09437,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.8571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEFA5

secondary

#647BE4

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEFA5

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

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