#FFEFB5#FFEFB5

#FFEFB5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.863; OKLCH L 95.1% C 0.076 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEFB5
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 181)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(47, 29%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 29%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.45, -3.13, 30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.45, 30.23, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(95.11% -0.006 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(95.11% 0.076 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(80.4477, 86.3312, 56.1329)
Luminance	0.8633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEFB5 #B5C5FF

analogous

#FFCAB5 #FFEFB5 #EAFFB5

triadic

#FFEFB5 #B5FFEF #EFB5FF

tetradic

#FFEFB5 #B5FFCA #B5C5FF #FFB5EA

square

#FFEFB5 #B5FFCA #B5C5FF #FFB5EA

split-complementary

#FFEFB5 #B5EAFF #CAB5FF

monochromatic

#FFD53B #FFE278 #FFEFB5 #FFF8E0 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FFEFB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.27

#FFEFB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEFB5

18.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEFB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEFB5	1.00	1.15	18.27	18.27
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBECB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffefb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.1% 0.076 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4cb',
    500: '#ffefb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffefb5;
$custom-light: #fff4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffefb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95113,
    "c": 0.07595,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.86329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEFB5

secondary

#728BE6

accent

#32E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFA

border

#D7D6D3

text

#181713

muted

#868583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEFB5

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

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