#EFE56A#EFE56A

#EFE56A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.144 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE56A
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 106)
HSL	hsl(55, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 55.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.59, -11.90, 60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.59, 61.24, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(90.62% -0.0364 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(90.62% 0.144 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.2195, 75.4321, 24.7046)
Luminance	0.7543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE56A #6A74EF

analogous

#EFA36A #EFE56A #B6EF6A

triadic

#EFE56A #6AEFE5 #E56AEF

tetradic

#EFE56A #6AEFA3 #6A74EF #EF6AB6

square

#EFE56A #6AEFA3 #6A74EF #EF6AB6

split-complementary

#EFE56A #6AB6EF #A36AEF

monochromatic

#C9BC16 #E9DB33 #EFE56A #F5EFA1 #FBF8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EFE56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#EFE56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE56A

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE56A	1.00	1.31	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.144 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ed98',
    500: '#efe56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe56a;
$custom-light: #f7ed98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 80.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90619,
    "c": 0.14423,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE56A

secondary

#3742C6

accent

#19DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE56A

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

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