#EFE161#EFE161

#EFE161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.148 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE161
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.48, -10.55, 62.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.48, 63.65, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.71% -0.0335 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(89.71% 0.148 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.6818, 73.0666, 22.0031)
Luminance	0.7306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE161 #616FEF

analogous

#EF9A61 #EFE161 #B6EF61

triadic

#EFE161 #61EFE1 #E161EF

tetradic

#EFE161 #61EF9A #616FEF #EF61B6

square

#EFE161 #61EF9A #616FEF #EF61B6

split-complementary

#EFE161 #61B6EF #9A61EF

monochromatic

#C2B114 #E9D629 #EFE161 #F5EC99 #FAF6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EFE161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#EFE161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE161

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE161	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)

#F3DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.148 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea93',
    500: '#efe161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe161;
$custom-light: #f7ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.085,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89706,
    "c": 0.14809,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE161

secondary

#3442C0

accent

#1DDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE161

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

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