#FFEFAD#FFEFAD

#FFEFAD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.860; OKLCH L 95.0% C 0.085 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEFAD
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 173)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(48, 32%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 32.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.32, -4.11, 33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.32, 34.19, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(94.96% -0.0091 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(94.96% 0.085 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(79.6503, 86.0123, 51.9333)
Luminance	0.8601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEFAD #ADBDFF

analogous

#FFC6AD #FFEFAD #E6FFAD

triadic

#FFEFAD #ADFFEF #EFADFF

tetradic

#FFEFAD #ADFFC6 #ADBDFF #FFADE6

square

#FFEFAD #ADFFC6 #ADBDFF #FFADE6

split-complementary

#FFEFAD #ADE6FF #C6ADFF

monochromatic

#FFD733 #FFE370 #FFEFAD #FFF9E0 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FFEFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.20

#FFEFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEFAD

18.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEFAD	1.00	1.15	18.20	18.20
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCEBA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffefad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.0% 0.085 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4c6',
    500: '#ffefad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffefad;
$custom-light: #fff4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffefad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94961,
    "c": 0.08525,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.8601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEFAD

secondary

#6B83E5

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181713

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEFAD

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

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