#EFE29F#EFE29F

#EFE29F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.087 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE29F
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 159)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(50, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 33.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.51, -5.30, 34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.51, 34.81, 98.75°)
OKLab	oklab(90.77% -0.0128 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(90.77% 0.087 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.0519, 75.2484, 43.6811)
Luminance	0.7525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE29F #9FACEF

analogous

#EFBA9F #EFE29F #D4EF9F

triadic

#EFE29F #9FEFE2 #E29FEF

tetradic

#EFE29F #9FEFBA #9FACEF #EF9FD4

square

#EFE29F #9FEFBA #9FACEF #EF9FD4

split-complementary

#EFE29F #9FD4EF #BA9FEF

monochromatic

#DEC236 #E6D26B #EFE29F #F8F2D3 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EFE29F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#EFE29F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE29F

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE29F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE29F	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDE9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E3A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe29f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.087 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebbc',
    500: '#efe29f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe29f;
$custom-light: #f5ebbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe29f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.25,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90773,
    "c": 0.08651,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE29F

secondary

#6677CC

accent

#31D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE29F

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

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