#EFE39F#EFE39F

#EFE39F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.088 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE39F
RGB	rgb(239, 227, 159)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 33.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.76, -5.80, 34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.76, 35.22, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(90.97% -0.0143 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(90.97% 0.088 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.3246, 75.7938, 43.7720)
Luminance	0.7579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE39F #9FABEF

analogous

#EFBB9F #EFE39F #D3EF9F

triadic

#EFE39F #9FEFE3 #E39FEF

tetradic

#EFE39F #9FEFBB #9FABEF #EF9FD3

square

#EFE39F #9FEFBB #9FABEF #EF9FD3

split-complementary

#EFE39F #9FD3EF #BB9FEF

monochromatic

#DEC436 #E6D46B #EFE39F #F8F2D3 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE39F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#EFE39F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE39F

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE39F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE39F	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DF9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe39f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 227, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.088 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebbc',
    500: '#efe39f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe39f;
$custom-light: #f5ebbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe39f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90974,
    "c": 0.08752,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE39F

secondary

#6675CC

accent

#2FD312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE39F

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

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