#EFE59F#EFE59F

#EFE59F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.090 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE59F
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 159)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(53, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 33.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.27, -6.81, 35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.27, 36.06, 100.88°)
OKLab	oklab(91.38% -0.0172 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(91.38% 0.09 101)
XYZ	xyz(69.8748, 76.8942, 43.9554)
Luminance	0.7689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE59F #9FA9EF

analogous

#EFBD9F #EFE59F #D1EF9F

triadic

#EFE59F #9FEFE5 #E59FEF

tetradic

#EFE59F #9FEFBD #9FA9EF #EF9FD1

square

#EFE59F #9FEFBD #9FA9EF #EF9FD1

split-complementary

#EFE59F #9FD1EF #BD9FEF

monochromatic

#DEC936 #E6D76B #EFE59F #F8F3D3 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#EFE59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE59F

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE59F	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E5A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.090 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edbc',
    500: '#efe59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe59f;
$custom-light: #f5edbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91377,
    "c": 0.08959,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.76893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE59F

secondary

#6673CC

accent

#2AD312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE59F

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

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