#EFE69B#EFE69B

#EFE69B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.095 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE69B
RGB	rgb(239, 230, 155)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(54, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 35.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.47, -7.78, 37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.47, 38.48, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(91.51% -0.0202 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(91.51% 0.095 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.8107, 77.3126, 42.2493)
Luminance	0.7731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE69B #9BA4EF

analogous

#EFBC9B #EFE69B #CEEF9B

triadic

#EFE69B #9BEFE6 #E69BEF

tetradic

#EFE69B #9BEFBC #9BA4EF #EF9BCE

square

#EFE69B #9BEFBC #9BA4EF #EF9BCE

split-complementary

#EFE69B #9BCEEF #BC9BEF

monochromatic

#DECC31 #E7D966 #EFE69B #F7F3D0 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE69B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#EFE69B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE69B

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE69B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE69B	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)

#F3E196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe69b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 230, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.095 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edb9',
    500: '#efe69b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe69b;
$custom-light: #f5edb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe69b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91509,
    "c": 0.09525,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE69B

secondary

#626ECC

accent

#26D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE69B

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

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