#FFEFB1#FFEFB1

#FFEFB1 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.862; OKLCH L 95.0% C 0.081 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEFB1
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 177)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(48, 31%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 30.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.38, -3.63, 32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.38, 32.21, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(95.04% -0.0075 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(95.04% 0.081 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(80.0431, 86.1694, 54.0023)
Luminance	0.8617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEFB1 #B1C1FF

analogous

#FFC8B1 #FFEFB1 #E8FFB1

triadic

#FFEFB1 #B1FFEF #EFB1FF

tetradic

#FFEFB1 #B1FFC8 #B1C1FF #FFB1E8

square

#FFEFB1 #B1FFC8 #B1C1FF #FFB1E8

split-complementary

#FFEFB1 #B1E8FF #C8B1FF

monochromatic

#FFD637 #FFE274 #FFEFB1 #FFF9E0 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FFEFB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.23

#FFEFB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEFB1

18.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEFB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEFB1	1.00	1.15	18.23	18.23
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCECAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffefb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.0% 0.081 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4c8',
    500: '#ffefb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffefb1;
$custom-light: #fff4c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffefb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 84.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95036,
    "c": 0.08062,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.86167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEFB1

secondary

#6F87E6

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181713

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEFB1

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

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