#FFEFAA#FFEFAA

#FFEFAA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.859; OKLCH L 94.9% C 0.089 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEFAA
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 170)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(49, 33%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 33.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.27, -4.47, 35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.27, 35.67, 97.19°)
OKLab	oklab(94.91% -0.0103 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(94.91% 0.089 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(79.3633, 85.8974, 50.4216)
Luminance	0.8589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEFAA #AABAFF

analogous

#FFC4AA #FFEFAA #E4FFAA

triadic

#FFEFAA #AAFFEF #EFAAFF

tetradic

#FFEFAA #AAFFC4 #AABAFF #FFAAE4

square

#FFEFAA #AAFFC4 #AABAFF #FFAAE4

split-complementary

#FFEFAA #AAE4FF #C4AAFF

monochromatic

#FFD830 #FFE36D #FFEFAA #FFF9E0 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FFEFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.18

#FFEFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEFAA

18.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEFAA	1.00	1.16	18.18	18.18
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDEBA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffefaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.9% 0.089 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4c4',
    500: '#ffefaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffefaa;
$custom-light: #fff4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffefaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.706,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94906,
    "c": 0.0887,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.85895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEFAA

secondary

#6980E4

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEFAA

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

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