#EFE68B#EFE68B

#EFE68B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.113 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE68B
RGB	rgb(239, 230, 139)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 41.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.23, -9.50, 45.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.23, 46.32, 101.84°)
OKLab	oklab(91.25% -0.0263 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(91.25% 0.113 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.5550, 76.8103, 35.6357)
Luminance	0.7681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE68B #8B94EF

analogous

#EFB48B #EFE68B #C6EF8B

triadic

#EFE68B #8BEFE6 #E68BEF

tetradic

#EFE68B #8BEFB4 #8B94EF #EF8BC6

square

#EFE68B #8BEFB4 #8B94EF #EF8BC6

split-complementary

#EFE68B #8BC6EF #B48BEF

monochromatic

#E0CF1F #E8DA55 #EFE68B #F6F2C1 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE68B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#EFE68B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE68B

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE68B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE68B	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)

#F5E084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E58F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe68b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 230, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.113 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6edae',
    500: '#efe68b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe68b;
$custom-light: #f6edae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe68b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.6,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91251,
    "c": 0.11298,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE68B

secondary

#545ECA

accent

#20D80E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE68B

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

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