#EFE59E#EFE59E

#EFE59E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.091 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE59E
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 158)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(53, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 33.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.26, -6.93, 35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.26, 36.56, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(91.36% -0.0175 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(91.36% 0.091 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.7883, 76.8597, 43.5002)
Luminance	0.7686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE59E #9EA8EF

analogous

#EFBD9E #EFE59E #D0EF9E

triadic

#EFE59E #9EEFE5 #E59EEF

tetradic

#EFE59E #9EEFBD #9EA8EF #EF9ED0

square

#EFE59E #9EEFBD #9EA8EF #EF9ED0

split-complementary

#EFE59E #9ED0EF #BD9EEF

monochromatic

#DEC935 #E6D769 #EFE59E #F8F3D3 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#EFE59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE59E

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE59E	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.091 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edbb',
    500: '#efe59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe59e;
$custom-light: #f5edbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.593,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91359,
    "c": 0.09074,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE59E

secondary

#6572CC

accent

#2AD412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE59E

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

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