#EFE57E#EFE57E

#EFE57E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.125 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE57E
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 126)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 47%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 47.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.81, -10.25, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.81, 52.11, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(90.86% -0.0296 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(90.86% 0.125 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.3835, 75.8977, 30.8348)
Luminance	0.7590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE57E #7E88EF

analogous

#EFAD7E #EFE57E #C1EF7E

triadic

#EFE57E #7EEFE5 #E57EEF

tetradic

#EFE57E #7EEFAD #7E88EF #EF7EC1

square

#EFE57E #7EEFAD #7E88EF #EF7EC1

split-complementary

#EFE57E #7EC1EF #AD7EEF

monochromatic

#D8C71B #E8DA48 #EFE57E #F6F0B4 #FCFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE57E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#EFE57E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE57E

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE57E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE57E	1.00	1.30	16.18	16.18
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DF75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe57e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.125 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eda5',
    500: '#efe57e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe57e;
$custom-light: #f6eda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe57e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.69,
    "s": 77.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90862,
    "c": 0.12544,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE57E

secondary

#4853C9

accent

#1EDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE57E

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

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