#EFE09E#EFE09E

#EFE09E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.086 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE09E
RGB	rgb(239, 224, 158)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(49, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 33.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.99, -4.40, 34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.99, 34.50, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(90.35% -0.0103 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(90.35% 0.086 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.4248, 74.1325, 43.0457)
Luminance	0.7413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE09E #9EADEF

analogous

#EFB79E #EFE09E #D5EF9E

triadic

#EFE09E #9EEFE0 #E09EEF

tetradic

#EFE09E #9EEFB7 #9EADEF #EF9ED5

square

#EFE09E #9EEFB7 #9EADEF #EF9ED5

split-complementary

#EFE09E #9ED5EF #B79EEF

monochromatic

#DEBE35 #E6CF69 #EFE09E #F8F1D3 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#EFE09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE09E

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE09E	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDC99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 224, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.086 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e9bb',
    500: '#efe09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe09e;
$custom-light: #f5e9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90354,
    "c": 0.08572,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE09E

secondary

#6578CC

accent

#36D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE09E

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

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