#EFE59B#EFE59B

#EFE59B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.094 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE59B
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 155)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 35.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.21, -7.27, 37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.21, 38.05, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(91.31% -0.0187 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(91.31% 0.094 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.5333, 76.7576, 42.1569)
Luminance	0.7676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE59B #9BA5EF

analogous

#EFBB9B #EFE59B #CFEF9B

triadic

#EFE59B #9BEFE5 #E59BEF

tetradic

#EFE59B #9BEFBB #9BA5EF #EF9BCF

square

#EFE59B #9BEFBB #9BA5EF #EF9BCF

split-complementary

#EFE59B #9BCFEF #BB9BEF

monochromatic

#DECA31 #E7D766 #EFE59B #F7F3D0 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#EFE59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE59B

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE59B	1.00	1.28	16.35	16.35
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E59E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.094 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edb9',
    500: '#efe59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe59b;
$custom-light: #f5edb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91307,
    "c": 0.09419,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE59B

secondary

#626FCC

accent

#28D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE59B

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

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