#EFE461#EFE461

#EFE461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.151 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE461
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.25, -12.04, 63.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.25, 64.75, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(90.32% -0.0378 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(90.32% 0.151 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.4999, 74.7029, 22.2758)
Luminance	0.7470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE461 #616CEF

analogous

#EF9D61 #EFE461 #B3EF61

triadic

#EFE461 #61EFE4 #E461EF

tetradic

#EFE461 #61EF9D #616CEF #EF61B3

square

#EFE461 #61EF9D #616CEF #EF61B3

split-complementary

#EFE461 #61B3EF #9D61EF

monochromatic

#C2B414 #E9DB29 #EFE461 #F5ED99 #FAF7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EFE461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#EFE461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE461

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE461	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.151 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ec93',
    500: '#efe461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe461;
$custom-light: #f7ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.352,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90321,
    "c": 0.15087,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE461

secondary

#343FC0

accent

#18DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE461

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

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