#EFE45E#EFE45E

#EFE45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.153 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE45E
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 60.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.23, -12.23, 64.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.23, 66.01, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(90.29% -0.0387 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(90.29% 0.153 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.3627, 74.6480, 21.5530)
Luminance	0.7465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE45E #5E69EF

analogous

#EF9B5E #EFE45E #B2EF5E

triadic

#EFE45E #5EEFE4 #E45EEF

tetradic

#EFE45E #5EEF9B #5E69EF #EF5EB2

square

#EFE45E #5EEF9B #5E69EF #EF5EB2

split-complementary

#EFE45E #5EB2EF #9B5EEF

monochromatic

#C0B213 #E9DB26 #EFE45E #F5ED96 #FAF7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EFE45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.93

#EFE45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE45E

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE45E	1.00	1.32	15.93	15.93
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.153 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ec91',
    500: '#efe45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe45e;
$custom-light: #f7ec91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.448,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90292,
    "c": 0.15326,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE45E

secondary

#333EBE

accent

#18DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE45E

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

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