#EFE78B#EFE78B

#EFE78B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.114 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE78B
RGB	rgb(239, 231, 139)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 41.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.49, -10.00, 45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.49, 46.74, 102.35°)
OKLab	oklab(91.45% -0.0277 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(91.45% 0.114 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.8341, 77.3685, 35.7287)
Luminance	0.7737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE78B #8B93EF

analogous

#EFB58B #EFE78B #C5EF8B

triadic

#EFE78B #8BEFE7 #E78BEF

tetradic

#EFE78B #8BEFB5 #8B93EF #EF8BC5

square

#EFE78B #8BEFB5 #8B93EF #EF8BC5

split-complementary

#EFE78B #8BC5EF #B58BEF

monochromatic

#E0D11F #E8DC55 #EFE78B #F6F2C1 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE78B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47

#EFE78B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE78B

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE78B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE78B	1.00	1.27	16.47	16.47
#FFFFFF	1.27	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)

#F6E184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E68F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe78b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 231, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.114 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eeae',
    500: '#efe78b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe78b;
$custom-light: #f6eeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe78b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91454,
    "c": 0.11404,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE78B

secondary

#545DCA

accent

#1ED80E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE78B

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

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