#EFE39D#EFE39D

#EFE39D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.090 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE39D
RGB	rgb(239, 227, 157)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 34.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.73, -6.04, 35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.73, 36.22, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.94% -0.015 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(90.94% 0.09 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.1524, 75.7250, 42.8654)
Luminance	0.7572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE39D #9DA9EF

analogous

#EFBA9D #EFE39D #D2EF9D

triadic

#EFE39D #9DEFE3 #E39DEF

tetradic

#EFE39D #9DEFBA #9DA9EF #EF9DD2

square

#EFE39D #9DEFBA #9DA9EF #EF9DD2

split-complementary

#EFE39D #9DD2EF #BA9DEF

monochromatic

#DEC534 #E6D468 #EFE39D #F8F2D2 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE39D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#EFE39D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE39D

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE39D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE39D	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)

#F0DF98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe39d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 227, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.090 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebba',
    500: '#efe39d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe39d;
$custom-light: #f5ebba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe39d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90938,
    "c": 0.08983,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE39D

secondary

#6473CC

accent

#2ED412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE39D

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

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