#EFE16A#EFE16A

#EFE16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.140 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE16A
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 106)
HSL	hsl(54, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 55.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.56, -9.91, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.56, 59.73, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.8% -0.0307 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(89.8% 0.14 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.1255, 73.2441, 24.3399)
Luminance	0.7324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE16A #6A78EF

analogous

#EF9E6A #EFE16A #BBEF6A

triadic

#EFE16A #6AEFE1 #E16AEF

tetradic

#EFE16A #6AEF9E #6A78EF #EF6ABB

square

#EFE16A #6AEF9E #6A78EF #EF6ABB

split-complementary

#EFE16A #6ABBEF #9E6AEF

monochromatic

#C9B616 #E9D633 #EFE16A #F5ECA1 #FBF7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EFE16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#EFE16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE16A

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE16A	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.140 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea98',
    500: '#efe16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe16a;
$custom-light: #f7ea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 80.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.898,
    "c": 0.14044,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE16A

secondary

#3746C6

accent

#1FDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE16A

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

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