#EFE79B#EFE79B

#EFE79B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.096 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE79B
RGB	rgb(239, 231, 155)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(54, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 35.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.72, -8.28, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.72, 38.91, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(91.71% -0.0216 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(91.71% 0.096 103)
XYZ	xyz(70.0898, 77.8708, 42.3424)
Luminance	0.7787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE79B #9BA3EF

analogous

#EFBD9B #EFE79B #CDEF9B

triadic

#EFE79B #9BEFE7 #E79BEF

tetradic

#EFE79B #9BEFBD #9BA3EF #EF9BCD

square

#EFE79B #9BEFBD #9BA3EF #EF9BCD

split-complementary

#EFE79B #9BCDEF #BD9BEF

monochromatic

#DECE31 #E7DA66 #EFE79B #F7F4D0 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#EFE79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE79B

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE79B	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 231, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.096 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eeb9',
    500: '#efe79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe79b;
$custom-light: #f5eeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91712,
    "c": 0.09632,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.77869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE79B

secondary

#626CCC

accent

#24D411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE79B

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

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