#EFE55A#EFE55A

#EFE55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.157 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE55A
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 62.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.45, -12.98, 66.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.45, 68.02, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(90.46% -0.0412 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(90.46% 0.157 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.4637, 75.1298, 20.7240)
Luminance	0.7513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE55A #5A64EF

analogous

#EF9B5A #EFE55A #AFEF5A

triadic

#EFE55A #5AEFE5 #E55AEF

tetradic

#EFE55A #5AEF9B #5A64EF #EF5AAF

square

#EFE55A #5AEF9B #5A64EF #EF5AAF

split-complementary

#EFE55A #5AAFEF #9B5AEF

monochromatic

#BCB112 #EADC22 #EFE55A #F4EE92 #FAF7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EFE55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#EFE55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE55A

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE55A	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.157 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ec8f',
    500: '#efe55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe55a;
$custom-light: #f7ec8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.973,
    "s": 82.32,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90462,
    "c": 0.15728,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE55A

secondary

#323BBB

accent

#15DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE55A

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

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