#EFE28B#EFE28B

#EFE28B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.109 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE28B
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 139)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 41.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.21, -7.50, 44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.21, 44.68, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(90.44% -0.0205 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(90.44% 0.109 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.4546, 74.6095, 35.2689)
Luminance	0.7461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE28B #8B98EF

analogous

#EFB08B #EFE28B #CAEF8B

triadic

#EFE28B #8BEFE2 #E28BEF

tetradic

#EFE28B #8BEFB0 #8B98EF #EF8BCA

square

#EFE28B #8BEFB0 #8B98EF #EF8BCA

split-complementary

#EFE28B #8BCAEF #B08BEF

monochromatic

#E0C71F #E8D555 #EFE28B #F6EFC1 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EFE28B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#EFE28B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE28B

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE28B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE28B	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DD84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E38F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe28b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.109 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaae',
    500: '#efe28b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe28b;
$custom-light: #f6eaae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe28b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.2,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90438,
    "c": 0.10891,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE28B

secondary

#5463CA

accent

#28D80E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE28B

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

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