#EFE39C#EFE39C

#EFE39C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.091 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE39C
RGB	rgb(239, 227, 156)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 34.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.72, -6.15, 36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.72, 36.72, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(90.92% -0.0154 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(90.92% 0.091 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.0674, 75.6910, 42.4176)
Luminance	0.7569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE39C #9CA8EF

analogous

#EFB99C #EFE39C #D2EF9C

triadic

#EFE39C #9CEFE3 #E39CEF

tetradic

#EFE39C #9CEFB9 #9CA8EF #EF9CD2

square

#EFE39C #9CEFB9 #9CA8EF #EF9CD2

split-complementary

#EFE39C #9CD2EF #B99CEF

monochromatic

#DEC533 #E6D467 #EFE39C #F8F2D1 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE39C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#EFE39C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE39C

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE39C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE39C	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E49F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe39c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 227, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.091 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebba',
    500: '#efe39c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe39c;
$custom-light: #f5ebba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe39c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.325,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90921,
    "c": 0.09098,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE39C

secondary

#6372CC

accent

#2DD411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE39C

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

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