#EFE261#EFE261

#EFE261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.149 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE261
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.74, -11.04, 63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.74, 64.02, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(89.91% -0.035 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(89.91% 0.149 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.9529, 73.6089, 22.0934)
Luminance	0.7361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE261 #616EEF

analogous

#EF9B61 #EFE261 #B5EF61

triadic

#EFE261 #61EFE2 #E261EF

tetradic

#EFE261 #61EF9B #616EEF #EF61B5

square

#EFE261 #61EF9B #616EEF #EF61B5

split-complementary

#EFE261 #61B5EF #9B61EF

monochromatic

#C2B214 #E9D829 #EFE261 #F5EC99 #FAF6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EFE261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#EFE261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE261

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE261	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.149 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea93',
    500: '#efe261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe261;
$custom-light: #f7ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.507,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89911,
    "c": 0.14901,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE261

secondary

#3441C0

accent

#1BDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE261

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

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