#EFE79C#EFE79C

#EFE79C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.095 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE79C
RGB	rgb(239, 231, 156)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(54, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 34.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.74, -8.16, 37.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.74, 38.41, 102.27°)
OKLab	oklab(91.73% -0.0212 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(91.73% 0.095 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.1741, 77.9045, 42.7865)
Luminance	0.7790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE79C #9CA4EF

analogous

#EFBE9C #EFE79C #CDEF9C

triadic

#EFE79C #9CEFE7 #E79CEF

tetradic

#EFE79C #9CEFBE #9CA4EF #EF9CCD

square

#EFE79C #9CEFBE #9CA4EF #EF9CCD

split-complementary

#EFE79C #9CCDEF #BE9CEF

monochromatic

#DECD33 #E6DA67 #EFE79C #F8F4D1 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#EFE79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE79C

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE79C	1.00	1.27	16.58	16.58
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 231, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.095 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eeba',
    500: '#efe79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe79c;
$custom-light: #f5eeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.217,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91729,
    "c": 0.09518,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE79C

secondary

#636DCC

accent

#24D411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE79C

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

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