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#FFEFB3 Butter Yellow

#FFEFB3 is Butter Yellow.

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#FFEFB3

Butter Yellow

What are the RGB, HSL, OKLCH and CMYK values of #FFEFB3?

HEX
#FFEFB3
RGB
rgb(255, 239, 179)
HSL
hsl(47, 100%, 85%)
OKLCH
oklch(95.1% 0.078 95)
CMYK
0, 6, 30, 0

#FFEFB3 has a contrast ratio of 1.15:1 against white and 18.25:1 against black, so black is the better background for text in this color and dark text reads best on it.

Contrast checker

Text color (rows) on background (columns), scored against WCAG 2.2. White and near-black text on this color.

WCAG contrast ratio for each text and background color combination
Text ↓ / Bg → #FFEFB3
#FFEFB3
Same color
White
1.2Fail
Near-black
15.2AAA

AAA ≥ 7:1 · AA ≥ 4.5:1 body text· AA18 ≥ 3:1 large text (18pt, or 14pt bold) only

Text that works on each color

  • Near-black on #FFEFB3 · 15.2:1

Tints and shades of #FFEFB3

Same hue and chroma in OKLCH, lighter to darker.

  1. #FFEFB3
  2. #E5D69A
  3. #C6B77D
  4. #A8985F
  5. #8A7B43
  6. #6E5F26
  7. #534504
  8. #372C00
  9. #1C1500

Colors that go with #FFEFB3

Six harmony rules built from this color. Open any in the Studio.

Color blindness check

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Simulated with the Machado (2009) model.

Typical
Deuteranopia

No green cones — the most common form. No two swatches become hard to tell apart here.

Export

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:root {
  --butter-yellow-1: #FFEFB3; /* Butter Yellow */
}

Palettes, gradients and meshes with #FFEFB3

Items using this color or one perceptually close to it, closest first.

Palettes (78)

Honeycomb

Gradients (6)

Mesh gradients (22)