Start generating
FFEFAE

#FFEFAE Thunderbolt

#FFEFAE is a very light, moderately saturated yellow named Thunderbolt. In the RGB color model it is made of 100.0% red, 93.7% green and 68.2% blue (rgb(255, 239, 174)). Its HSL value is 48° hue, 100% saturation and 84% lightness, and in CMYK it is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 32% yellow and 0% black. #FFEFAE is a warm color. Black text reads best on it, with a contrast ratio of 18.21:1.

Make a palette with #FFEFAE

#FFEFAE color conversion

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSB / HSV
HWB
CMYK
XYZ
CIELAB
CIELCh
CIELUV
OKLCH

Variations of #FFEFAE

Shades

Mixed with black: richer and darker.

FFEFAEDED097BEB1809E946A807855635C4148422E2E2A1C16140B030301

Tints

Mixed with white: lighter and softer.

FFEFAEFFF1B7FFF2BFFFF4C7FFF6D0FFF7D8FFF9E0FFFAE8FFFCEFFFFEF7

Tones

Mixed with gray: calmer and more muted.

FFEFAEF2E3AAE4D8A5D7CDA1CAC19DBDB698B1AB93A4A08F98958A8C8B85

Hues

The same lightness and chroma, rotated around the color wheel.

FFE9E0FFEADCFFEAD7FFEBD0FFEDC5FFEFAEF5F3B1EBF6B5E0F9BCD5FCC4CBFECD

Temperatures

Cooler on the left, warmer on the right.

D2DAC7DBDEC3E4E2BEEDE7B9F6EBB4FFEFAEFFEBA9FFE7A4FFE39EFFDF99FFDB94

#FFEFAE color harmonies

Complementary

The opposite hue — maximum contrast and energy.

FFEFAEAEBEFF
Open in generator →

Split complementary

The two hues next to the complement — contrast with less tension.

FFEFAEAEE7FFC7AEFF
Open in generator →

Analogous

Neighbouring hues — calm, cohesive and natural.

FFEFAEFFC7AEE7FFAE
Open in generator →

Triadic

Three hues evenly spaced at 120° — vibrant yet balanced.

FFEFAEAEFFEFEFAEFF
Open in generator →

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs — rich, best with one dominant color.

FFEFAEBEFFAEAEBEFFEFAEFF
Open in generator →

Square

Four hues spaced at 90° — bold and playful.

FFEFAEAEFFC7AEBEFFFFAEE7
Open in generator →

#FFEFAE for color-blind viewers (and dogs)

How #FFEFAE appears with each type of color vision deficiency (Machado 2009 model) — and to your dog. Try the dog vision simulator →

  • Dog vision 99% similarHow dogs see it · simulated as #FFF1B0
  • Protanopia 98% similar1.3% of men, 0.02% of women · simulated as #FCECAA
  • Protanomaly 99% similar1.3% of men, 0.02% of women · simulated as #FDEDAB
  • Deuteranopia 99% similar1.2% of men, 0.01% of women · simulated as #FFF1B0
  • Deuteranomaly 100% similar5% of men, 0.35% of women · simulated as #FFF0AF
  • Tritanopia 85% similar0.001% of men, 0.03% of women · simulated as #FFE6DE
  • Tritanomaly 93% similar0.0001% of men, 0.0001% of women · simulated as #FFEBC6
  • Achromatopsia 83% similar0.003% of men, 0.003% of women · simulated as #EFEFEF
  • Achromatomaly 87% similar0.001% of men, 0.001% of women · simulated as #F3EFE1

#FFEFAE contrast checker

AaThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
1.15:1 Very poor#FFEFAE text on white
AA normalFailAAA normalFail
AA largeFailAAA largeFail
AaThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
18.21:1 Super#FFEFAE text on black
AA normalPassAAA normalPass
AA largePassAAA largePass

Need another background? Pick any pair in the palette generator and open the contrast panel.

Colors similar to #FFEFAE

Palettes with #FFEFAE

#FFEFAE in CSS

/* Thunderbolt */
.color { color: #FFEFAE; }
.background { background-color: #FFEFAE; }
.border { border: 1px solid #FFEFAE; }

/* Other notations */
color: rgb(255 239 174);
color: hsl(48 100% 84%);
color: oklch(0.950 0.084 95.9);

#FFEFAE FAQ

What color is #FFEFAE?

#FFEFAE is a very light, moderately saturated yellow. Its closest named color is Thunderbolt. It belongs to the yellow color family and is a warm color.

What is the RGB value of #FFEFAE?

#FFEFAE is rgb(255, 239, 174) in RGB, hsl(48, 100%, 84%) in HSL and cmyk(0%, 6%, 32%, 0%) in CMYK.

What is the complementary color of #FFEFAE?

The complementary color of #FFEFAE is #AEBEFF, which sits opposite it on the color wheel.

Which text color works on #FFEFAE?

Black text has the best contrast on #FFEFAE: 18.21:1, which meets the WCAG AA requirement of 4.5:1 for normal text.

Is #FFEFAE a warm or cool color?

#FFEFAE is a warm color.