#EFE68E#EFE68E

#EFE68E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.110 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE68E
RGB	rgb(239, 230, 142)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(54, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 40.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.28, -9.19, 43.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.28, 44.86, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(91.3% -0.0252 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(91.3% 0.11 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.7772, 76.8992, 36.8060)
Luminance	0.7690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE68E #8E97EF

analogous

#EFB68E #EFE68E #C8EF8E

triadic

#EFE68E #8EEFE6 #E68EEF

tetradic

#EFE68E #8EEFB6 #8E97EF #EF8EC8

square

#EFE68E #8EEFB6 #8E97EF #EF8EC8

split-complementary

#EFE68E #8EC8EF #B68EEF

monochromatic

#E0CE23 #E7DA58 #EFE68E #F7F2C4 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE68E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#EFE68E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE68E

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE68E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE68E	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)

#F5E087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe68e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 230, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.110 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6edb0',
    500: '#efe68e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe68e;
$custom-light: #f6edb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe68e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.433,
    "s": 75.194,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91296,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE68E

secondary

#5661CB

accent

#21D70E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE68E

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

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