#EFE29C#EFE29C

#EFE29C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.090 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE29C
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 156)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 34.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.46, -5.65, 35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.46, 36.31, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(90.72% -0.014 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(90.72% 0.09 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.7947, 75.1456, 42.3267)
Luminance	0.7514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE29C #9CA9EF

analogous

#EFB89C #EFE29C #D3EF9C

triadic

#EFE29C #9CEFE2 #E29CEF

tetradic

#EFE29C #9CEFB8 #9CA9EF #EF9CD3

square

#EFE29C #9CEFB8 #9CA9EF #EF9CD3

split-complementary

#EFE29C #9CD3EF #B89CEF

monochromatic

#DEC333 #E6D367 #EFE29C #F8F1D1 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EFE29C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#EFE29C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE29C

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE29C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE29C	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDE97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E39F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe29c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.090 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebba',
    500: '#efe29c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe29c;
$custom-light: #f5ebba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe29c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.602,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90719,
    "c": 0.08997,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE29C

secondary

#6374CC

accent

#30D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE29C

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

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