#EFE36D#EFE36D

#EFE36D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.140 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE36D
RGB	rgb(239, 227, 109)
HSL	hsl(54, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 54.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.11, -10.68, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.11, 59.15, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(90.24% -0.0326 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(90.24% 0.14 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.8281, 74.3953, 25.3572)
Luminance	0.7439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE36D #6D79EF

analogous

#EFA26D #EFE36D #BAEF6D

triadic

#EFE36D #6DEFE3 #E36DEF

tetradic

#EFE36D #6DEFA2 #6D79EF #EF6DBA

square

#EFE36D #6DEFA2 #6D79EF #EF6DBA

split-complementary

#EFE36D #6DBAEF #A26DEF

monochromatic

#CBBB16 #E9D836 #EFE36D #F5EEA4 #FBF8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EFE36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#EFE36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE36D

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE36D	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E373

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 227, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.140 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7eb9a',
    500: '#efe36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe36d;
$custom-light: #f7eb9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 80.247,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90243,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE36D

secondary

#3946C7

accent

#1CDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE36D

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

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