#EFE85A#EFE85A

#EFE85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.160 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE85A
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 62.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.23, -14.46, 67.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.23, 69.13, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(91.08% -0.0454 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(91.08% 0.16 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.3010, 76.8043, 21.0031)
Luminance	0.7680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE85A #5A61EF

analogous

#EF9E5A #EFE85A #ACEF5A

triadic

#EFE85A #5AEFE8 #E85AEF

tetradic

#EFE85A #5AEF9E #5A61EF #EF5AAC

square

#EFE85A #5AEF9E #5A61EF #EF5AAC

split-complementary

#EFE85A #5AACEF #9E5AEF

monochromatic

#BCB412 #EAE022 #EFE85A #F4F092 #FAF8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#EFE85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE85A

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE85A	1.00	1.28	16.36	16.36
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.160 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef8f',
    500: '#efe85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe85a;
$custom-light: #f7ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.181,
    "s": 82.32,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91081,
    "c": 0.16011,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE85A

secondary

#3239BB

accent

#11DF07

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE85A

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

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