#EFE69F#EFE69F

#EFE69F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.091 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE69F
RGB	rgb(239, 230, 159)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(53, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 33.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.53, -7.31, 35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.53, 36.49, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(91.58% -0.0186 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(91.58% 0.091 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.1522, 77.4492, 44.0479)
Luminance	0.7745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE69F #9FA8EF

analogous

#EFBE9F #EFE69F #D0EF9F

triadic

#EFE69F #9FEFE6 #E69FEF

tetradic

#EFE69F #9FEFBE #9FA8EF #EF9FD0

square

#EFE69F #9FEFBE #9FA8EF #EF9FD0

split-complementary

#EFE69F #9FD0EF #BE9FEF

monochromatic

#DECB36 #E6D86B #EFE69F #F8F4D3 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE69F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#EFE69F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE69F

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE69F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE69F	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E6A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe69f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 230, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.091 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edbc',
    500: '#efe69f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe69f;
$custom-light: #f5edbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe69f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.25,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91579,
    "c": 0.09064,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE69F

secondary

#6672CC

accent

#28D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE69F

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

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