#EFE78A#EFE78A

#EFE78A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.115 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE78A
RGB	rgb(239, 231, 138)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 42.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.48, -10.10, 46.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.48, 47.22, 102.35°)
OKLab	oklab(91.44% -0.0281 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(91.44% 0.115 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.7613, 77.3394, 35.3457)
Luminance	0.7734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE78A #8A92EF

analogous

#EFB58A #EFE78A #C5EF8A

triadic

#EFE78A #8AEFE7 #E78AEF

tetradic

#EFE78A #8AEFB5 #8A92EF #EF8AC5

square

#EFE78A #8AEFB5 #8A92EF #EF8AC5

split-complementary

#EFE78A #8AC5EF #B58AEF

monochromatic

#E0D11F #E8DC54 #EFE78A #F6F2C0 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE78A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47

#EFE78A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE78A

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE78A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE78A	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)

#F6E183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E68E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe78a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 231, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.115 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eead',
    500: '#efe78a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe78a;
$custom-light: #f6eead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe78a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.248,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91439,
    "c": 0.11511,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE78A

secondary

#535CCA

accent

#1DD80D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE78A

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

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