#EFE16F#EFE16F

#EFE16F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.136 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE16F
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 111)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 53.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.61, -9.52, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.61, 57.49, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.86% -0.0291 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(89.86% 0.136 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.3931, 73.3511, 25.7494)
Luminance	0.7335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE16F #6F7DEF

analogous

#EFA16F #EFE16F #BDEF6F

triadic

#EFE16F #6FEFE1 #E16FEF

tetradic

#EFE16F #6FEFA1 #6F7DEF #EF6FBD

square

#EFE16F #6FEFA1 #6F7DEF #EF6FBD

split-complementary

#EFE16F #6FBDEF #A16FEF

monochromatic

#CDB917 #E9D638 #EFE16F #F5ECA6 #FBF8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EFE16F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#EFE16F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE16F

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE16F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE16F	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)

#F2DB64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.136 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea9b',
    500: '#efe16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe16f;
$custom-light: #f7ea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.438,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89857,
    "c": 0.13595,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE16F

secondary

#3B4AC8

accent

#20DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE16F

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

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