#EFE69C#EFE69C

#EFE69C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.094 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE69C
RGB	rgb(239, 230, 156)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 34.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.48, -7.66, 37.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.48, 37.98, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(91.53% -0.0198 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(91.53% 0.094 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.8951, 77.3463, 42.6935)
Luminance	0.7734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE69C #9CA5EF

analogous

#EFBD9C #EFE69C #CFEF9C

triadic

#EFE69C #9CEFE6 #E69CEF

tetradic

#EFE69C #9CEFBD #9CA5EF #EF9CCF

square

#EFE69C #9CEFBD #9CA5EF #EF9CCF

split-complementary

#EFE69C #9CCFEF #BD9CEF

monochromatic

#DECB33 #E6D967 #EFE69C #F8F3D1 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE69C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47

#EFE69C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE69C

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE69C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE69C	1.00	1.28	16.47	16.47
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe69c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 230, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.094 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edba',
    500: '#efe69c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe69c;
$custom-light: #f5edba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe69c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.494,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91526,
    "c": 0.0941,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE69C

secondary

#636FCC

accent

#26D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE69C

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

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