#EFE856#EFE856

#EFE856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.163 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE856
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.20, -14.70, 69.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.20, 70.71, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(91.05% -0.0465 0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(91.05% 0.163 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.1353, 76.7380, 20.1305)
Luminance	0.7674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE856 #565DEF

analogous

#EF9B56 #EFE856 #A9EF56

triadic

#EFE856 #56EFE8 #E856EF

tetradic

#EFE856 #56EF9B #565DEF #EF56A9

square

#EFE856 #56EF9B #565DEF #EF56A9

split-complementary

#EFE856 #56A9EF #9B56EF

monochromatic

#B9B112 #EAE01E #EFE856 #F4F08E #FAF7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#EFE856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE856

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE856	1.00	1.28	16.35	16.35
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.163 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ef8c',
    500: '#efe856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe856;
$custom-light: #f8ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.255,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91047,
    "c": 0.16304,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE856

secondary

#3137B8

accent

#10DF06

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE856

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

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