#EFE09D#EFE09D

#EFE09D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.087 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE09D
RGB	rgb(239, 224, 157)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(49, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 34.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.97, -4.52, 34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.97, 35.00, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(90.34% -0.0107 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(90.34% 0.087 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.3390, 74.0982, 42.5942)
Luminance	0.7410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE09D #9DACEF

analogous

#EFB79D #EFE09D #D5EF9D

triadic

#EFE09D #9DEFE0 #E09DEF

tetradic

#EFE09D #9DEFB7 #9DACEF #EF9DD5

square

#EFE09D #9DEFB7 #9DACEF #EF9DD5

split-complementary

#EFE09D #9DD5EF #B79DEF

monochromatic

#DEBF34 #E6CF68 #EFE09D #F8F1D2 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#EFE09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE09D

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE09D	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 224, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.087 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e9ba',
    500: '#efe09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe09d;
$custom-light: #f5e9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.024,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90335,
    "c": 0.08687,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE09D

secondary

#6477CC

accent

#35D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE09D

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

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