#EFE459#EFE459

#EFE459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.157 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE459
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.19, -12.55, 66.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.19, 68.06, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(90.25% -0.0401 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(90.25% 0.157 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.1456, 74.5611, 20.4094)
Luminance	0.7456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE459 #5964EF

analogous

#EF9959 #EFE459 #AFEF59

triadic

#EFE459 #59EFE4 #E459EF

tetradic

#EFE459 #59EF99 #5964EF #EF59AF

square

#EFE459 #59EF99 #5964EF #EF59AF

split-complementary

#EFE459 #59AFEF #9959EF

monochromatic

#BCAF12 #EADB21 #EFE459 #F4ED91 #FAF6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EFE459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#EFE459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE459

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE459	1.00	1.32	15.91	15.91
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.157 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ec8e',
    500: '#efe459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe459;
$custom-light: #f7ec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.6,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90247,
    "c": 0.15711,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE459

secondary

#323CBA

accent

#17DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE459

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

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