#EFE18C#EFE18C

#EFE18C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.107 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE18C
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 140)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 41.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.97, -6.89, 43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.97, 43.79, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(90.25% -0.0187 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(90.25% 0.107 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.2569, 74.0966, 35.5651)
Luminance	0.7409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE18C #8C9AEF

analogous

#EFB08C #EFE18C #CCEF8C

triadic

#EFE18C #8CEFE1 #E18CEF

tetradic

#EFE18C #8CEFB0 #8C9AEF #EF8CCC

square

#EFE18C #8CEFB0 #8C9AEF #EF8CCC

split-complementary

#EFE18C #8CCCEF #B08CEF

monochromatic

#E0C521 #E8D356 #EFE18C #F6EFC2 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE18C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#EFE18C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE18C

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE18C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE18C	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DC85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E28F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe18c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.107 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaaf',
    500: '#efe18c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe18c;
$custom-light: #f6eaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe18c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.515,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90252,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE18C

secondary

#5565CB

accent

#2AD80E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE18C

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

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