#EFE259#EFE259

#EFE259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.155 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE259
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.67, -11.56, 66.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.67, 67.35, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(89.84% -0.0373 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(89.84% 0.155 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.5986, 73.4671, 20.2271)
Luminance	0.7347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE259 #5966EF

analogous

#EF9759 #EFE259 #B1EF59

triadic

#EFE259 #59EFE2 #E259EF

tetradic

#EFE259 #59EF97 #5966EF #EF59B1

square

#EFE259 #59EF97 #5966EF #EF59B1

split-complementary

#EFE259 #59B1EF #9759EF

monochromatic

#BCAD12 #EAD821 #EFE259 #F4EC91 #FAF6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EFE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#EFE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE259

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE259	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.155 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea8e',
    500: '#efe259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe259;
$custom-light: #f7ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.8,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89836,
    "c": 0.15528,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE259

secondary

#323EBA

accent

#19DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE259

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

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