#EFE187#EFE187

#EFE187 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.112 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE187
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 135)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 43.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.90, -7.40, 45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.90, 46.22, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(90.18% -0.0206 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(90.18% 0.112 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.8965, 73.9525, 33.6674)
Luminance	0.7395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE187 #8795EF

analogous

#EFAD87 #EFE187 #C9EF87

triadic

#EFE187 #87EFE1 #E187EF

tetradic

#EFE187 #87EFAD #8795EF #EF87C9

square

#EFE187 #87EFAD #8795EF #EF87C9

split-complementary

#EFE187 #87C9EF #AD87EF

monochromatic

#DEC41E #E8D351 #EFE187 #F6EEBD #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#EFE187 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE187

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE187	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DC80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E28B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.112 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaab',
    500: '#efe187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe187;
$custom-light: #f6eaab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90175,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE187

secondary

#5061CA

accent

#28D90D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE187

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

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