#EFE56B#EFE56B

#EFE56B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.143 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE56B
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 107)
HSL	hsl(55, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 55.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.60, -11.82, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.60, 60.80, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(90.63% -0.0361 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(90.63% 0.143 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.2718, 75.4531, 24.9800)
Luminance	0.7545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE56B #6B75EF

analogous

#EFA36B #EFE56B #B7EF6B

triadic

#EFE56B #6BEFE5 #E56BEF

tetradic

#EFE56B #6BEFA3 #6B75EF #EF6BB7

square

#EFE56B #6BEFA3 #6B75EF #EF6BB7

split-complementary

#EFE56B #6BB7EF #A36BEF

monochromatic

#CABC16 #E9DB34 #EFE56B #F5EFA2 #FBF8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EFE56B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#EFE56B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE56B

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE56B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE56B	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)

#F7DE5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe56b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.143 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ed99',
    500: '#efe56b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe56b;
$custom-light: #f7ed99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe56b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 80.488,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9063,
    "c": 0.14336,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE56B

secondary

#3742C7

accent

#19DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE56B

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

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