#EFE28C#EFE28C

#EFE28C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.108 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE28C
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 140)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 41.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.22, -7.40, 43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.22, 44.19, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(90.45% -0.0201 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(90.45% 0.108 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.5280, 74.6389, 35.6555)
Luminance	0.7464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE28C #8C99EF

analogous

#EFB18C #EFE28C #CBEF8C

triadic

#EFE28C #8CEFE2 #E28CEF

tetradic

#EFE28C #8CEFB1 #8C99EF #EF8CCB

square

#EFE28C #8CEFB1 #8C99EF #EF8CCB

split-complementary

#EFE28C #8CCBEF #B18CEF

monochromatic

#E0C721 #E8D456 #EFE28C #F6F0C2 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EFE28C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.93

#EFE28C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE28C

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE28C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE28C	1.00	1.32	15.93	15.93
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DD85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E38F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe28c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.108 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaaf',
    500: '#efe28c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe28c;
$custom-light: #f6eaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe28c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.121,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90454,
    "c": 0.10784,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE28C

secondary

#5564CB

accent

#28D80E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE28C

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

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