#EFE462#EFE462

#EFE462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.150 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE462
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 59%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.26, -11.97, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.26, 64.33, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(90.33% -0.0375 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(90.33% 0.15 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.5469, 74.7216, 22.5229)
Luminance	0.7472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE462 #626DEF

analogous

#EF9D62 #EFE462 #B3EF62

triadic

#EFE462 #62EFE4 #E462EF

tetradic

#EFE462 #62EF9D #626DEF #EF62B3

square

#EFE462 #62EF9D #626DEF #EF62B3

split-complementary

#EFE462 #62B3EF #9D62EF

monochromatic

#C3B514 #E9DA2A #EFE462 #F5EE9A #FAF7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EFE462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#EFE462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE462

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE462	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)

#F6DD54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.150 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ec93',
    500: '#efe462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe462;
$custom-light: #f7ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 81.503,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90331,
    "c": 0.15005,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE462

secondary

#3540C1

accent

#18DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE462

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

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