#EFCE66#EFCE66
#EFCE66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.129 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EFCE66 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 206, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 81%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 57%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 57.3%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.68, -0.58, 55.13) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.68, 55.13, 90.60°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.92% -0.0043 0.1285) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.92% 0.129 91.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.0687, 63.4557, 21.6520) |
| Luminance | 0.6345 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.28
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.49
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.70
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.76
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.79
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.83
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EFCE66 #6687EF
analogous
#EF8966 #EFCE66 #CCEF66
triadic
#EFCE66 #66EFCE #CE66EF
tetradic
#EFCE66 #66EF89 #6687EF #EF66CC
square
#EFCE66 #66EF89 #6687EF #EF66CC
split-complementary
#EFCE66 #66CCEF #8966EF
monochromatic
#C69B15 #E9BC2F #EFCE66 #F5E09D #FBF1D5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.53
#EFCE66 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.69
#EFCE66 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EFCE66
13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EFCE66 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EFCE66 | 1.00 | 1.53 | 13.69 | 13.69 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.53 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1CB5C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D56A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFC0B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #efce66; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 206, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.129 91.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7dc95',
500: '#efce66',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #efce66; $custom-light: #f7dc95; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#efce66",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 206,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.547,
"s": 81.065,
"l": 66.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85921,
"c": 0.12854,
"h": 91.9
},
"luminance": 0.63453
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EFCE66
secondary
#3658C3
accent
#3BDD08
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#18150D
muted
#86847F