#EFE361#EFE361

#EFE361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.150 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE361
RGB	rgb(239, 227, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.00, -11.54, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.00, 64.38, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% -0.0364 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.15 104)
XYZ	xyz(65.2256, 74.1543, 22.1844)
Luminance	0.7415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE361 #616DEF

analogous

#EF9C61 #EFE361 #B4EF61

triadic

#EFE361 #61EFE3 #E361EF

tetradic

#EFE361 #61EF9C #616DEF #EF61B4

square

#EFE361 #61EF9C #616DEF #EF61B4

split-complementary

#EFE361 #61B4EF #9C61EF

monochromatic

#C2B314 #E9D929 #EFE361 #F5ED99 #FAF7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#EFE361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE361

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE361	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 227, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.150 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7eb93',
    500: '#efe361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe361;
$custom-light: #f7eb93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90116,
    "c": 0.14993,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.74152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE361

secondary

#3440C0

accent

#1ADE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE361

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

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