#FFEFB9#FFEFB9

#FFEFB9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.865; OKLCH L 95.2% C 0.071 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEFB9
RGB	rgb(255, 239, 185)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(46, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 27.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.52, -2.62, 28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.52, 28.25, 95.32°)
OKLab	oklab(95.19% -0.0044 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(95.19% 0.071 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(80.8640, 86.4977, 58.3255)
Luminance	0.8650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEFB9 #B9C9FF

analogous

#FFCCB9 #FFEFB9 #ECFFB9

triadic

#FFEFB9 #B9FFEF #EFB9FF

tetradic

#FFEFB9 #B9FFCC #B9C9FF #FFB9EC

square

#FFEFB9 #B9FFCC #B9C9FF #FFB9EC

split-complementary

#FFEFB9 #B9ECFF #CCB9FF

monochromatic

#FFD33F #FFE17C #FFEFB9 #FFF8E0 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FFEFB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.30

#FFEFB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEFB9

18.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEFB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEFB9	1.00	1.15	18.30	18.30
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBECB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffefb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 239, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.2% 0.071 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4ce',
    500: '#ffefb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffefb9;
$custom-light: #fff4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffefb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95192,
    "c": 0.07126,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.86496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEFB9

secondary

#758FE7

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFB

border

#D7D6D4

text

#181713

muted

#868583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEFB9

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

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