#EFE78C#EFE78C

#EFE78C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.113 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE78C
RGB	rgb(239, 231, 140)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 41.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.50, -9.90, 45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.50, 46.26, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(91.47% -0.0274 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(91.47% 0.113 104)
XYZ	xyz(68.9075, 77.3978, 36.1153)
Luminance	0.7740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE78C #8C94EF

analogous

#EFB68C #EFE78C #C5EF8C

triadic

#EFE78C #8CEFE7 #E78CEF

tetradic

#EFE78C #8CEFB6 #8C94EF #EF8CC5

square

#EFE78C #8CEFB6 #8C94EF #EF8CC5

split-complementary

#EFE78C #8CC5EF #B68CEF

monochromatic

#E0D121 #E8DC56 #EFE78C #F6F2C2 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE78C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#EFE78C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE78C

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE78C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE78C	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)

#F6E185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe78c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 231, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.113 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eeaf',
    500: '#efe78c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe78c;
$custom-light: #f6eeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe78c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.152,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91469,
    "c": 0.11296,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.77396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE78C

secondary

#555ECB

accent

#1ED80E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE78C

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

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