#EFE16E#EFE16E

#EFE16E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.137 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE16E
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 110)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 54%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.60, -9.60, 57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.60, 57.94, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.85% -0.0294 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(89.85% 0.137 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.3384, 73.3292, 25.4610)
Luminance	0.7333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE16E #6E7CEF

analogous

#EFA06E #EFE16E #BCEF6E

triadic

#EFE16E #6EEFE1 #E16EEF

tetradic

#EFE16E #6EEFA0 #6E7CEF #EF6EBC

square

#EFE16E #6EEFA0 #6E7CEF #EF6EBC

split-complementary

#EFE16E #6EBCEF #A06EEF

monochromatic

#CCB817 #E9D637 #EFE16E #F5ECA5 #FBF8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EFE16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#EFE16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE16E

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE16E	1.00	1.34	15.67	15.67
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.137 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea9b',
    500: '#efe16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe16e;
$custom-light: #f7ea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.488,
    "s": 80.124,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89845,
    "c": 0.13686,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE16E

secondary

#3A49C7

accent

#20DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE16E

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

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