#EFE69A#EFE69A

#EFE69A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.096 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE69A
RGB	rgb(239, 230, 154)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(54, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 35.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.45, -7.89, 38.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.45, 38.97, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(91.49% -0.0206 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(91.49% 0.096 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.7271, 77.2791, 41.8089)
Luminance	0.7728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE69A #9AA3EF

analogous

#EFBC9A #EFE69A #CEEF9A

triadic

#EFE69A #9AEFE6 #E69AEF

tetradic

#EFE69A #9AEFBC #9AA3EF #EF9ACE

square

#EFE69A #9AEFBC #9AA3EF #EF9ACE

split-complementary

#EFE69A #9ACEEF #BC9AEF

monochromatic

#DECC30 #E7D965 #EFE69A #F7F3CF #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE69A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#EFE69A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE69A

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE69A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE69A	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E69D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe69a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 230, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.096 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edb8',
    500: '#efe69a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe69a;
$custom-light: #f5edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe69a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.647,
    "s": 72.65,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91492,
    "c": 0.09639,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE69A

secondary

#626DCC

accent

#26D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE69A

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

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