#EFE38F#EFE38F

#EFE38F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.106 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE38F
RGB	rgb(239, 227, 143)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 40.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.52, -7.59, 42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.52, 43.13, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(90.7% -0.0205 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(90.7% 0.106 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.0249, 75.2740, 36.9273)
Luminance	0.7527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE38F #8F9BEF

analogous

#EFB38F #EFE38F #CBEF8F

triadic

#EFE38F #8FEFE3 #E38FEF

tetradic

#EFE38F #8FEFB3 #8F9BEF #EF8FCB

square

#EFE38F #8FEFB3 #8F9BEF #EF8FCB

split-complementary

#EFE38F #8FCBEF #B38FEF

monochromatic

#E0C824 #E7D659 #EFE38F #F7F0C5 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EFE38F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#EFE38F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE38F

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE38F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE38F	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)

#F1DE89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E392

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe38f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 227, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.106 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ebb1',
    500: '#efe38f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe38f;
$custom-light: #f6ebb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe38f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90703,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE38F

secondary

#5766CB

accent

#27D70E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE38F

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

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