#EFE38D#EFE38D

#EFE38D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.108 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE38D
RGB	rgb(239, 227, 141)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(53, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 41%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.49, -7.79, 43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.49, 44.11, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(90.67% -0.0212 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(90.67% 0.108 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.8748, 75.2139, 36.1364)
Luminance	0.7521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE38D #8D99EF

analogous

#EFB28D #EFE38D #CAEF8D

triadic

#EFE38D #8DEFE3 #E38DEF

tetradic

#EFE38D #8DEFB2 #8D99EF #EF8DCA

square

#EFE38D #8DEFB2 #8D99EF #EF8DCA

split-complementary

#EFE38D #8DCAEF #B28DEF

monochromatic

#E0C922 #E7D657 #EFE38D #F7F0C3 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EFE38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#EFE38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE38D

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE38D	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DE86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E390

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 227, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.108 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ebaf',
    500: '#efe38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe38d;
$custom-light: #f6ebaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 75.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90672,
    "c": 0.10776,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE38D

secondary

#5664CB

accent

#27D80E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE38D

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

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