#FFEFA9#FFEFA9

#FFEFA9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.859; OKLCH L 94.9% C 0.090 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEFA9
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 169)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(49, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 33.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.25, -4.58, 35.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.25, 36.16, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(94.89% -0.0107 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(94.89% 0.09 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(79.2690, 85.8597, 49.9253)
Luminance	0.8586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEFA9 #A9B9FF

analogous

#FFC4A9 #FFEFA9 #E4FFA9

triadic

#FFEFA9 #A9FFEF #EFA9FF

tetradic

#FFEFA9 #A9FFC4 #A9B9FF #FFA9E4

square

#FFEFA9 #A9FFC4 #A9B9FF #FFA9E4

split-complementary

#FFEFA9 #A9E4FF #C4A9FF

monochromatic

#FFD82F #FFE46C #FFEFA9 #FFF9E0 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FFEFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.17

#FFEFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEFA9

18.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEFA9	1.00	1.16	18.17	18.17
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDEBA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffefa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.9% 0.090 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4c3',
    500: '#ffefa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffefa9;
$custom-light: #fff4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffefa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94888,
    "c": 0.08984,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.85858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEFA9

secondary

#687FE4

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEFA9

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

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