#EFE49A#EFE49A

#EFE49A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.094 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE49A
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 154)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 35.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.94, -6.89, 37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.94, 38.13, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(91.09% -0.0177 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(91.09% 0.094 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.1737, 76.1724, 41.6244)
Luminance	0.7617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE49A #9AA5EF

analogous

#EFBA9A #EFE49A #D0EF9A

triadic

#EFE49A #9AEFE4 #E49AEF

tetradic

#EFE49A #9AEFBA #9AA5EF #EF9AD0

square

#EFE49A #9AEFBA #9AA5EF #EF9AD0

split-complementary

#EFE49A #9AD0EF #BA9AEF

monochromatic

#DEC830 #E7D665 #EFE49A #F7F2CF #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EFE49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#EFE49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE49A

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE49A	1.00	1.29	16.23	16.23
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E49D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.094 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecb8',
    500: '#efe49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe49a;
$custom-light: #f5ecb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.235,
    "s": 72.65,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91088,
    "c": 0.0943,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE49A

secondary

#626FCC

accent

#2AD511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE49A

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

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