#EFE18A#EFE18A

#EFE18A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.109 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE18A
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 138)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 42.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.94, -7.10, 44.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.94, 44.76, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(90.22% -0.0195 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(90.22% 0.109 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.1107, 74.0382, 34.7955)
Luminance	0.7404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE18A #8A98EF

analogous

#EFAF8A #EFE18A #CBEF8A

triadic

#EFE18A #8AEFE1 #E18AEF

tetradic

#EFE18A #8AEFAF #8A98EF #EF8ACB

square

#EFE18A #8AEFAF #8A98EF #EF8ACB

split-complementary

#EFE18A #8ACBEF #AF8AEF

monochromatic

#E0C51F #E8D354 #EFE18A #F6EFC0 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE18A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#EFE18A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE18A

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE18A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE18A	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DC83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E28D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe18a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.109 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaad',
    500: '#efe18a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe18a;
$custom-light: #f6eaad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe18a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.683,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90221,
    "c": 0.10901,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE18A

secondary

#5363CA

accent

#29D80D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE18A

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

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