#EFE85E#EFE85E

#EFE85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.157 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE85E
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 60.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.26, -14.21, 65.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.26, 67.50, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(91.12% -0.0443 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(91.12% 0.157 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.4758, 76.8743, 21.9240)
Luminance	0.7687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE85E #5E65EF

analogous

#EF9F5E #EFE85E #AEEF5E

triadic

#EFE85E #5EEFE8 #E85EEF

tetradic

#EFE85E #5EEF9F #5E65EF #EF5EAE

square

#EFE85E #5EEF9F #5E65EF #EF5EAE

split-complementary

#EFE85E #5EAEEF #9F5EEF

monochromatic

#C0B713 #E9E026 #EFE85E #F5F096 #FAF8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#EFE85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE85E

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE85E	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.157 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef91',
    500: '#efe85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe85e;
$custom-light: #f7ef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.103,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91117,
    "c": 0.15705,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE85E

secondary

#333ABE

accent

#12DE07

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE85E

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

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