#EFE09F#EFE09F

#EFE09F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.085 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE09F
RGB	rgb(239, 224, 159)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(49, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 33.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.00, -4.28, 33.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.00, 34.01, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(90.37% -0.0099 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(90.37% 0.085 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.5112, 74.1671, 43.5009)
Luminance	0.7417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE09F #9FAEEF

analogous

#EFB89F #EFE09F #D6EF9F

triadic

#EFE09F #9FEFE0 #E09FEF

tetradic

#EFE09F #9FEFB8 #9FAEEF #EF9FD6

square

#EFE09F #9FEFB8 #9FAEEF #EF9FD6

split-complementary

#EFE09F #9FD6EF #B89FEF

monochromatic

#DEBE36 #E6CF6B #EFE09F #F8F1D3 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#EFE09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE09F

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE09F	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)

#EDDC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E2A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 224, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.085 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e9bc',
    500: '#efe09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe09f;
$custom-light: #f5e9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90372,
    "c": 0.08456,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE09F

secondary

#6679CC

accent

#36D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE09F

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

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