#EFCE5E#EFCE5E
#EFCE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.135 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EFCE5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 206, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 82%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 61%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 60.7%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.60, -1.14, 58.68) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.60, 58.69, 91.11°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.83% -0.0069 0.1351) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.83% 0.135 92.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.6910, 63.3046, 19.6624) |
| Luminance | 0.6330 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 1.59
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 1.75
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.64
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.64
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.16
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.21
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EFCE5E #5E7FEF
analogous
#EF855E #EFCE5E #C7EF5E
triadic
#EFCE5E #5EEFCE #CE5EEF
tetradic
#EFCE5E #5EEF85 #5E7FEF #EF5EC7
square
#EFCE5E #5EEF85 #5E7FEF #EF5EC7
split-complementary
#EFCE5E #5EC7EF #855EEF
monochromatic
#C09813 #E9BD26 #EFCE5E #F5DF96 #FAF0CD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.54
#EFCE5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.66
#EFCE5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EFCE5E
13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EFCE5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EFCE5E | 1.00 | 1.54 | 13.66 | 13.66 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.54 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E2CB52
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EAD563
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFBFB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D0D0D0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #efce5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 206, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.135 92.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7dc8f',
500: '#efce5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #efce5e; $custom-light: #f7dc8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#efce5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 206,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.345,
"s": 81.921,
"l": 65.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85833,
"c": 0.13531,
"h": 92.9
},
"luminance": 0.63301
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EFCE5E
secondary
#3353BE
accent
#38DE07
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18150D
muted
#86847F