#EFE79F#EFE79F

#EFE79F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.092 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE79F
RGB	rgb(239, 231, 159)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(54, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 33.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.78, -7.81, 36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.78, 36.92, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(91.78% -0.02 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(91.78% 0.092 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.4313, 78.0074, 44.1409)
Luminance	0.7801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE79F #9FA7EF

analogous

#EFBF9F #EFE79F #CFEF9F

triadic

#EFE79F #9FEFE7 #E79FEF

tetradic

#EFE79F #9FEFBF #9FA7EF #EF9FCF

square

#EFE79F #9FEFBF #9FA7EF #EF9FCF

split-complementary

#EFE79F #9FCFEF #BF9FEF

monochromatic

#DECD36 #E6DA6B #EFE79F #F8F4D3 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#EFE79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE79F

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE79F	1.00	1.26	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E29A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E7A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 231, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.092 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eebc',
    500: '#efe79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe79f;
$custom-light: #f5eebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91781,
    "c": 0.09172,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE79F

secondary

#6670CC

accent

#25D312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE79F

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

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