#EFCE59#EFCE59

#EFCE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.139 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFCE59
RGB	rgb(239, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.56, -1.46, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.56, 60.86, 91.38°)
OKLab	oklab(85.78% -0.0084 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(85.78% 0.139 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.4739, 63.2177, 18.5188)
Luminance	0.6321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFCE59 #597AEF

analogous

#EF8359 #EFCE59 #C5EF59

triadic

#EFCE59 #59EFCE #CE59EF

tetradic

#EFCE59 #59EF83 #597AEF #EF59C5

square

#EFCE59 #59EF83 #597AEF #EF59C5

split-complementary

#EFCE59 #59C5EF #8359EF

monochromatic

#BC9612 #EABE21 #EFCE59 #F4DE91 #FAEFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#EFCE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#EFCE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFCE59

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFCE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFCE59	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.139 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8dc8c',
    500: '#efce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efce59;
$custom-light: #f8dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85783,
    "c": 0.13931,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFCE59

secondary

#3250BA

accent

#36DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFCE59

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

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