#EFE16B#EFE16B

#EFE16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; 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	#EFE16B
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 107)
HSL	hsl(54, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 55.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.57, -9.83, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.57, 59.28, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.81% -0.0304 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(89.81% 0.14 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.1778, 73.2650, 24.6153)
Luminance	0.7326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE16B #6B79EF

analogous

#EF9F6B #EFE16B #BBEF6B

triadic

#EFE16B #6BEFE1 #E16BEF

tetradic

#EFE16B #6BEF9F #6B79EF #EF6BBB

square

#EFE16B #6BEF9F #6B79EF #EF6BBB

split-complementary

#EFE16B #6BBBEF #9F6BEF

monochromatic

#CAB716 #E9D634 #EFE16B #F5ECA2 #FBF7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EFE16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#EFE16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE16B

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE16B	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)

#F3DB5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.140 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea99',
    500: '#efe16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe16b;
$custom-light: #f7ea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 80.488,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89811,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE16B

secondary

#3747C7

accent

#1FDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE16B

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

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