#EFE69E#EFE69E

#EFE69E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.092 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE69E
RGB	rgb(239, 230, 158)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(53, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 33.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.51, -7.43, 36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.51, 36.99, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(91.56% -0.019 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(91.56% 0.092 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.0658, 77.4146, 43.5927)
Luminance	0.7741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE69E #9EA7EF

analogous

#EFBD9E #EFE69E #D0EF9E

triadic

#EFE69E #9EEFE6 #E69EEF

tetradic

#EFE69E #9EEFBD #9EA7EF #EF9ED0

square

#EFE69E #9EEFBD #9EA7EF #EF9ED0

split-complementary

#EFE69E #9ED0EF #BD9EEF

monochromatic

#DECB35 #E6D869 #EFE69E #F8F4D3 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE69E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#EFE69E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE69E

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE69E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE69E	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E6A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe69e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 230, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.092 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edbb',
    500: '#efe69e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe69e;
$custom-light: #f5edbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe69e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91561,
    "c": 0.0918,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE69E

secondary

#6571CC

accent

#27D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE69E

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

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