#FFEFA8#FFEFA8

#FFEFA8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.858; OKLCH L 94.9% C 0.091 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEFA8
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 168)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(49, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 34.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.24, -4.70, 36.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.24, 36.65, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(94.87% -0.0111 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(94.87% 0.091 97)
XYZ	xyz(79.1755, 85.8223, 49.4328)
Luminance	0.8582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEFA8 #A8B8FF

analogous

#FFC4A8 #FFEFA8 #E3FFA8

triadic

#FFEFA8 #A8FFEF #EFA8FF

tetradic

#FFEFA8 #A8FFC4 #A8B8FF #FFA8E3

square

#FFEFA8 #A8FFC4 #A8B8FF #FFA8E3

split-complementary

#FFEFA8 #A8E3FF #C4A8FF

monochromatic

#FFD82E #FFE46B #FFEFA8 #FFF9E0 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FFEFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.16

#FFEFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEFA8

18.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEFA8	1.00	1.16	18.16	18.16
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDEBA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffefa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.9% 0.091 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4c2',
    500: '#ffefa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffefa8;
$custom-light: #fff4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffefa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.966,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9487,
    "c": 0.09097,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.8582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEFA8

secondary

#677EE4

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEFA8

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

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