#EFE59A#EFE59A

#EFE59A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.095 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE59A
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 154)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 35.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.19, -7.39, 37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.19, 38.55, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(91.29% -0.0191 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(91.29% 0.095 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.4496, 76.7242, 41.7164)
Luminance	0.7672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE59A #9AA4EF

analogous

#EFBB9A #EFE59A #CFEF9A

triadic

#EFE59A #9AEFE5 #E59AEF

tetradic

#EFE59A #9AEFBB #9AA4EF #EF9ACF

square

#EFE59A #9AEFBB #9AA4EF #EF9ACF

split-complementary

#EFE59A #9ACFEF #BB9AEF

monochromatic

#DECA30 #E7D765 #EFE59A #F7F3CF #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.34

#EFE59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE59A

16.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE59A	1.00	1.28	16.34	16.34
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.095 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edb8',
    500: '#efe59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe59a;
$custom-light: #f5edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 72.65,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9129,
    "c": 0.09534,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE59A

secondary

#626ECC

accent

#28D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE59A

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

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