#EFE59D#EFE59D

#EFE59D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.092 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE59D
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 157)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(53, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 34.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.24, -7.04, 36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.24, 37.06, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(91.34% -0.0179 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(91.34% 0.092 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.7026, 76.8254, 43.0488)
Luminance	0.7682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE59D #9DA7EF

analogous

#EFBC9D #EFE59D #D0EF9D

triadic

#EFE59D #9DEFE5 #E59DEF

tetradic

#EFE59D #9DEFBC #9DA7EF #EF9DD0

square

#EFE59D #9DEFBC #9DA7EF #EF9DD0

split-complementary

#EFE59D #9DD0EF #BC9DEF

monochromatic

#DEC934 #E6D768 #EFE59D #F8F3D2 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#EFE59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE59D

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE59D	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)

#F2E098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.092 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edba',
    500: '#efe59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe59d;
$custom-light: #f5edba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91342,
    "c": 0.0919,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE59D

secondary

#6471CC

accent

#29D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE59D

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

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