#EFE68C#EFE68C

#EFE68C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.112 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE68C
RGB	rgb(239, 230, 140)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 41.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.25, -9.40, 44.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.25, 45.84, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(91.27% -0.0259 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(91.27% 0.112 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.6284, 76.8397, 36.0222)
Luminance	0.7684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE68C #8C95EF

analogous

#EFB48C #EFE68C #C7EF8C

triadic

#EFE68C #8CEFE6 #E68CEF

tetradic

#EFE68C #8CEFB4 #8C95EF #EF8CC7

square

#EFE68C #8CEFB4 #8C95EF #EF8CC7

split-complementary

#EFE68C #8CC7EF #B48CEF

monochromatic

#E0CF21 #E8DA56 #EFE68C #F6F2C2 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE68C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#EFE68C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE68C

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE68C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE68C	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)

#F5E085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E590

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe68c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 230, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.112 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6edaf',
    500: '#efe68c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe68c;
$custom-light: #f6edaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe68c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91266,
    "c": 0.11192,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE68C

secondary

#555FCB

accent

#20D80E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE68C

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

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