#EFE589#EFE589

#EFE589 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.114 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE589
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 137)
HSL	hsl(54, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(54, 43%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 42.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.95, -9.20, 45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.95, 46.87, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(91.02% -0.0256 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(91.02% 0.114 103)
XYZ	xyz(68.1327, 76.1974, 34.7806)
Luminance	0.7620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE589 #8993EF

analogous

#EFB289 #EFE589 #C6EF89

triadic

#EFE589 #89EFE5 #E589EF

tetradic

#EFE589 #89EFB2 #8993EF #EF89C6

square

#EFE589 #89EFB2 #8993EF #EF89C6

split-complementary

#EFE589 #89C6EF #B289EF

monochromatic

#DFCC1E #E8D953 #EFE589 #F6F1BF #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EFE589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#EFE589 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE589

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE589	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DF82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E58D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.114 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6edad',
    500: '#efe589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe589;
$custom-light: #f6edad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.118,
    "s": 76.119,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91017,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.76195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE589

secondary

#525ECA

accent

#21D80D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE589

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

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