#EFE262#EFE262

#EFE262 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.148 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE262
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 98)
HSL	hsl(54, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 59%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.75, -10.98, 62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.75, 63.59, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(89.92% -0.0347 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(89.92% 0.148 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.9999, 73.6276, 22.3406)
Luminance	0.7362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE262 #626FEF

analogous

#EF9B62 #EFE262 #B5EF62

triadic

#EFE262 #62EFE2 #E262EF

tetradic

#EFE262 #62EF9B #626FEF #EF62B5

square

#EFE262 #62EF9B #626FEF #EF62B5

split-complementary

#EFE262 #62B5EF #9B62EF

monochromatic

#C3B314 #E9D82A #EFE262 #F5EC9A #FAF7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EFE262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#EFE262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE262

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE262	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.148 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea93',
    500: '#efe262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe262;
$custom-light: #f7ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.468,
    "s": 81.503,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89921,
    "c": 0.14819,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE262

secondary

#3542C1

accent

#1BDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE262

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

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