#EFE36C#EFE36C

#EFE36C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.141 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE36C
RGB	rgb(239, 227, 108)
HSL	hsl(55, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 54.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.10, -10.75, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.10, 59.59, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(90.23% -0.0329 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(90.23% 0.141 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.7746, 74.3738, 25.0753)
Luminance	0.7437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE36C #6C78EF

analogous

#EFA16C #EFE36C #B9EF6C

triadic

#EFE36C #6CEFE3 #E36CEF

tetradic

#EFE36C #6CEFA1 #6C78EF #EF6CB9

square

#EFE36C #6CEFA1 #6C78EF #EF6CB9

split-complementary

#EFE36C #6CB9EF #A16CEF

monochromatic

#CBBA16 #E9D835 #EFE36C #F5EEA3 #FBF8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EFE36C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#EFE36C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE36C

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE36C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE36C	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe36c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 227, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.141 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7eb99',
    500: '#efe36c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe36c;
$custom-light: #f7eb99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe36c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 80.368,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90231,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE36C

secondary

#3845C7

accent

#1CDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE36C

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

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