#EFE16D#EFE16D

#EFE16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.138 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE16D
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 109)
HSL	hsl(54, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 54.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.59, -9.68, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.59, 58.39, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.83% -0.0297 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(89.83% 0.138 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.2842, 73.3076, 25.1759)
Luminance	0.7330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE16D #6D7BEF

analogous

#EFA06D #EFE16D #BCEF6D

triadic

#EFE16D #6DEFE1 #E16DEF

tetradic

#EFE16D #6DEFA0 #6D7BEF #EF6DBC

square

#EFE16D #6DEFA0 #6D7BEF #EF6DBC

split-complementary

#EFE16D #6DBCEF #A06DEF

monochromatic

#CBB816 #E9D636 #EFE16D #F5ECA4 #FBF8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EFE16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#EFE16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE16D

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE16D	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)

#F3DB62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.138 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea9a',
    500: '#efe16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe16d;
$custom-light: #f7ea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.538,
    "s": 80.247,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89834,
    "c": 0.13777,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE16D

secondary

#3948C7

accent

#20DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE16D

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

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