#EFE56F#EFE56F

#EFE56F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.140 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE56F
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 111)
HSL	hsl(55, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 53.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.64, -11.52, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.64, 59.02, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(90.68% -0.0348 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(90.68% 0.14 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.4872, 75.5392, 26.1141)
Luminance	0.7554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE56F #6F79EF

analogous

#EFA56F #EFE56F #B9EF6F

triadic

#EFE56F #6FEFE5 #E56FEF

tetradic

#EFE56F #6FEFA5 #6F79EF #EF6FB9

square

#EFE56F #6FEFA5 #6F79EF #EF6FB9

split-complementary

#EFE56F #6FB9EF #A56FEF

monochromatic

#CDBF17 #E9DB38 #EFE56F #F5EFA6 #FBF9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#EFE56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE56F

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE56F	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.140 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ed9c',
    500: '#efe56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe56f;
$custom-light: #f7ed9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.313,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90675,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE56F

secondary

#3B46C8

accent

#1ADC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE56F

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

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