#EFE09B#EFE09B

#EFE09B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.089 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE09B
RGB	rgb(239, 224, 155)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(49, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 35.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.94, -4.75, 35.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.94, 36.00, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(90.3% -0.0114 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(90.3% 0.089 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.1697, 74.0305, 41.7023)
Luminance	0.7403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE09B #9BAAEF

analogous

#EFB69B #EFE09B #D4EF9B

triadic

#EFE09B #9BEFE0 #E09BEF

tetradic

#EFE09B #9BEFB6 #9BAAEF #EF9BD4

square

#EFE09B #9BEFB6 #9BAAEF #EF9BD4

split-complementary

#EFE09B #9BD4EF #B69BEF

monochromatic

#DEBF31 #E7D066 #EFE09B #F7F0D0 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#EFE09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE09B

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE09B	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDC96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 224, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.089 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e9b9',
    500: '#efe09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe09b;
$custom-light: #f5e9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.903,
    "c": 0.08916,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE09B

secondary

#6275CC

accent

#34D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE09B

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

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