#EFE281#EFE281

#EFE281 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.119 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE281
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 129)
HSL	hsl(53, 77%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 46%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 46%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.08, -8.47, 48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.08, 49.49, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(90.29% -0.0242 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(90.29% 0.119 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.7571, 74.3305, 31.5953)
Luminance	0.7433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE281 #818EEF

analogous

#EFAB81 #EFE281 #C5EF81

triadic

#EFE281 #81EFE2 #E281EF

tetradic

#EFE281 #81EFAB #818EEF #EF81C5

square

#EFE281 #81EFAB #818EEF #EF81C5

split-complementary

#EFE281 #81C5EF #AB81EF

monochromatic

#DAC31C #E8D64B #EFE281 #F6EEB7 #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EFE281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#EFE281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE281

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE281	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.119 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaa7',
    500: '#efe281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe281;
$custom-light: #f6eaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.909,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90292,
    "c": 0.11943,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE281

secondary

#4B5AC9

accent

#24DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE281

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

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