#EFE59C#EFE59C

#EFE59C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.093 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE59C
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 156)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 34.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.23, -7.16, 36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.23, 37.56, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(91.32% -0.0183 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(91.32% 0.093 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.6176, 76.7914, 42.6010)
Luminance	0.7679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE59C #9CA6EF

analogous

#EFBB9C #EFE59C #D0EF9C

triadic

#EFE59C #9CEFE5 #E59CEF

tetradic

#EFE59C #9CEFBB #9CA6EF #EF9CD0

square

#EFE59C #9CEFBB #9CA6EF #EF9CD0

split-complementary

#EFE59C #9CD0EF #BB9CEF

monochromatic

#DEC933 #E6D767 #EFE59C #F8F3D1 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#EFE59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE59C

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE59C	1.00	1.28	16.36	16.36
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.093 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edba',
    500: '#efe59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe59c;
$custom-light: #f5edba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.771,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91324,
    "c": 0.09305,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE59C

secondary

#6370CC

accent

#29D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE59C

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

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