#EFE16C#EFE16C

#EFE16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.139 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE16C
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 108)
HSL	hsl(54, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 54.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.58, -9.76, 58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.58, 58.84, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.82% -0.0301 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(89.82% 0.139 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.2307, 73.2862, 24.8940)
Luminance	0.7328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE16C #6C7AEF

analogous

#EF9F6C #EFE16C #BBEF6C

triadic

#EFE16C #6CEFE1 #E16CEF

tetradic

#EFE16C #6CEF9F #6C7AEF #EF6CBB

square

#EFE16C #6CEF9F #6C7AEF #EF6CBB

split-complementary

#EFE16C #6CBBEF #9F6CEF

monochromatic

#CBB716 #E9D635 #EFE16C #F5ECA3 #FBF8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EFE16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#EFE16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE16C

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE16C	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.139 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea99',
    500: '#efe16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe16c;
$custom-light: #f7ea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 80.368,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89822,
    "c": 0.13866,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE16C

secondary

#3847C7

accent

#1FDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE16C

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

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