#EFE38B#EFE38B

#EFE38B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.110 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE38B
RGB	rgb(239, 227, 139)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 41.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.47, -8.00, 44.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.47, 45.08, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(90.64% -0.022 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(90.64% 0.11 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.7273, 75.1549, 35.3598)
Luminance	0.7515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE38B #8B97EF

analogous

#EFB18B #EFE38B #C9EF8B

triadic

#EFE38B #8BEFE3 #E38BEF

tetradic

#EFE38B #8BEFB1 #8B97EF #EF8BC9

square

#EFE38B #8BEFB1 #8B97EF #EF8BC9

split-complementary

#EFE38B #8BC9EF #B18BEF

monochromatic

#E0C91F #E8D655 #EFE38B #F6F0C1 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EFE38B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#EFE38B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE38B

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE38B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE38B	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)

#F2DE84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E38F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe38b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 227, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.110 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ebae',
    500: '#efe38b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe38b;
$custom-light: #f6ebae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe38b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90641,
    "c": 0.10992,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE38B

secondary

#5462CA

accent

#26D80E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE38B

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

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