#EFE79E#EFE79E

#EFE79E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.093 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE79E
RGB	rgb(239, 231, 158)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(54, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 33.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.77, -7.93, 36.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.77, 37.42, 102.24°)
OKLab	oklab(91.76% -0.0204 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(91.76% 0.093 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.3449, 77.9728, 43.6858)
Luminance	0.7797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE79E #9EA6EF

analogous

#EFBE9E #EFE79E #CEEF9E

triadic

#EFE79E #9EEFE7 #E79EEF

tetradic

#EFE79E #9EEFBE #9EA6EF #EF9ECE

square

#EFE79E #9EEFBE #9EA6EF #EF9ECE

split-complementary

#EFE79E #9ECEEF #BE9EEF

monochromatic

#DECD35 #E6DA69 #EFE79E #F8F4D3 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#EFE79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE79E

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE79E	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 231, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.093 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eebb',
    500: '#efe79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe79e;
$custom-light: #f5eebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.074,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91764,
    "c": 0.09288,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE79E

secondary

#656FCC

accent

#25D412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE79E

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

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