#EFE160#EFE160

#EFE160 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.149 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE160
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 96)
HSL	hsl(54, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 59.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.47, -10.61, 63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.47, 64.08, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(89.7% -0.0338 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(89.7% 0.149 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.6355, 73.0481, 21.7591)
Luminance	0.7305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE160 #606EEF

analogous

#EF9960 #EFE160 #B5EF60

triadic

#EFE160 #60EFE1 #E160EF

tetradic

#EFE160 #60EF99 #606EEF #EF60B5

square

#EFE160 #60EF99 #606EEF #EF60B5

split-complementary

#EFE160 #60B5EF #9960EF

monochromatic

#C1B013 #E9D728 #EFE160 #F5EB98 #FAF6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EFE160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#EFE160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE160

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE160	1.00	1.35	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.149 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea92',
    500: '#efe160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe160;
$custom-light: #f7ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.126,
    "s": 81.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89696,
    "c": 0.14891,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE160

secondary

#3442BF

accent

#1CDE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE160

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

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