#EFE185#EFE185

#EFE185 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.114 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE185
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 133)
HSL	hsl(52, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 44.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.87, -7.59, 46.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.87, 47.18, 99.26°)
OKLab	oklab(90.15% -0.0213 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(90.15% 0.114 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.7571, 73.8967, 32.9327)
Luminance	0.7389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE185 #8593EF

analogous

#EFAC85 #EFE185 #C8EF85

triadic

#EFE185 #85EFE1 #E185EF

tetradic

#EFE185 #85EFAC #8593EF #EF85C8

square

#EFE185 #85EFAC #8593EF #EF85C8

split-complementary

#EFE185 #85C8EF #AC85EF

monochromatic

#DDC31D #E8D44F #EFE185 #F6EEBB #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#EFE185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE185

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE185	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DC7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.114 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaaa',
    500: '#efe185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe185;
$custom-light: #f6eaaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90146,
    "c": 0.11431,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE185

secondary

#4E5FCA

accent

#27D90C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE185

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

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