#EFE58C#EFE58C

#EFE58C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.111 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE58C
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 140)
HSL	hsl(54, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(54, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 41.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.99, -8.90, 44.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.99, 45.42, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(91.06% -0.0245 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(91.06% 0.111 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.3509, 76.2847, 35.9298)
Luminance	0.7628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE58C #8C96EF

analogous

#EFB48C #EFE58C #C8EF8C

triadic

#EFE58C #8CEFE5 #E58CEF

tetradic

#EFE58C #8CEFB4 #8C96EF #EF8CC8

square

#EFE58C #8CEFB4 #8C96EF #EF8CC8

split-complementary

#EFE58C #8CC8EF #B48CEF

monochromatic

#E0CD21 #E8D956 #EFE58C #F6F1C2 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EFE58C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#EFE58C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE58C

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE58C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE58C	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DF85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E590

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe58c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.111 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6edaf',
    500: '#efe58c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe58c;
$custom-light: #f6edaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe58c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.939,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91062,
    "c": 0.11088,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE58C

secondary

#5561CB

accent

#22D80E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE58C

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

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