#EFE656#EFE656

#EFE656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.161 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE656
RGB	rgb(239, 230, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.68, -13.71, 68.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.68, 69.98, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(90.63% -0.0437 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(90.63% 0.161 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.5755, 75.6185, 19.9439)
Luminance	0.7562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE656 #565FEF

analogous

#EF9956 #EFE656 #ABEF56

triadic

#EFE656 #56EFE6 #E656EF

tetradic

#EFE656 #56EF99 #565FEF #EF56AB

square

#EFE656 #56EF99 #565FEF #EF56AB

split-complementary

#EFE656 #56ABEF #9956EF

monochromatic

#B9AF12 #EADE1E #EFE656 #F4EE8E #FAF7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#EFE656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE656

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE656	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 230, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.161 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ed8c',
    500: '#efe656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe656;
$custom-light: #f8ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90633,
    "c": 0.16117,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE656

secondary

#3139B8

accent

#13DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE656

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

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