#EFE09A#EFE09A

#EFE09A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.090 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE09A
RGB	rgb(239, 224, 154)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(49, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 35.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.92, -4.87, 36.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.92, 36.49, 97.66°)
OKLab	oklab(90.28% -0.0118 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(90.28% 0.09 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.0861, 73.9970, 41.2619)
Luminance	0.7399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE09A #9AA9EF

analogous

#EFB69A #EFE09A #D4EF9A

triadic

#EFE09A #9AEFE0 #E09AEF

tetradic

#EFE09A #9AEFB6 #9AA9EF #EF9AD4

square

#EFE09A #9AEFB6 #9AA9EF #EF9AD4

split-complementary

#EFE09A #9AD4EF #B69AEF

monochromatic

#DEC030 #E7D065 #EFE09A #F7F0CF #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE09A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#EFE09A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE09A

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE09A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE09A	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe09a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 224, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.090 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e9b8',
    500: '#efe09a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe09a;
$custom-light: #f5e9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe09a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 72.65,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90282,
    "c": 0.09031,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE09A

secondary

#6274CC

accent

#33D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE09A

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

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