#FFEFB3#FFEFB3

#FFEFB3 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.862; OKLCH L 95.1% C 0.078 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEFB3
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 179)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(47, 30%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 29.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.42, -3.38, 31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.42, 31.22, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(95.07% -0.0067 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(95.07% 0.078 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(80.2439, 86.2497, 55.0599)
Luminance	0.8625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEFB3 #B3C3FF

analogous

#FFC9B3 #FFEFB3 #E9FFB3

triadic

#FFEFB3 #B3FFEF #EFB3FF

tetradic

#FFEFB3 #B3FFC9 #B3C3FF #FFB3E9

square

#FFEFB3 #B3FFC9 #B3C3FF #FFB3E9

split-complementary

#FFEFB3 #B3E9FF #C9B3FF

monochromatic

#FFD539 #FFE276 #FFEFB3 #FFF9E0 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FFEFB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.25

#FFEFB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEFB3

18.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEFB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEFB3	1.00	1.15	18.25	18.25
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBECAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffefb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.1% 0.078 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4ca',
    500: '#ffefb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffefb3;
$custom-light: #fff4ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffefb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95074,
    "c": 0.07829,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.86248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEFB3

secondary

#7089E6

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181713

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEFB3

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

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