#EFE38E#EFE38E

#EFE38E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.107 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE38E
RGB	rgb(239, 227, 142)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(53, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 40.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.51, -7.69, 42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.51, 43.62, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(90.69% -0.0208 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(90.69% 0.107 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.9495, 75.2438, 36.5301)
Luminance	0.7524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE38E #8E9AEF

analogous

#EFB28E #EFE38E #CBEF8E

triadic

#EFE38E #8EEFE3 #E38EEF

tetradic

#EFE38E #8EEFB2 #8E9AEF #EF8ECB

square

#EFE38E #8EEFB2 #8E9AEF #EF8ECB

split-complementary

#EFE38E #8ECBEF #B28EEF

monochromatic

#E0C823 #E7D658 #EFE38E #F7F0C4 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EFE38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#EFE38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE38E

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE38E	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DE88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E391

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 227, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.107 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ebb0',
    500: '#efe38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe38e;
$custom-light: #f6ebb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.577,
    "s": 75.194,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90688,
    "c": 0.10667,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE38E

secondary

#5665CB

accent

#27D70E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE38E

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

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