#EFE39E#EFE39E

#EFE39E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.089 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE39E
RGB	rgb(239, 227, 158)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 33.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.75, -5.92, 35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.75, 35.72, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(90.96% -0.0146 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(90.96% 0.089 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.2381, 75.7593, 43.3168)
Luminance	0.7576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE39E #9EAAEF

analogous

#EFBA9E #EFE39E #D2EF9E

triadic

#EFE39E #9EEFE3 #E39EEF

tetradic

#EFE39E #9EEFBA #9EAAEF #EF9ED2

square

#EFE39E #9EEFBA #9EAAEF #EF9ED2

split-complementary

#EFE39E #9ED2EF #BA9EEF

monochromatic

#DEC535 #E6D469 #EFE39E #F8F2D3 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE39E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15

#EFE39E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE39E

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE39E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE39E	1.00	1.30	16.15	16.15
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DF99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe39e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 227, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.089 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebbb',
    500: '#efe39e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe39e;
$custom-light: #f5ebbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe39e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90956,
    "c": 0.08868,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE39E

secondary

#6574CC

accent

#2FD412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE39E

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

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