#EFE85F#EFE85F

#EFE85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.156 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE85F
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 95)
HSL	hsl(57, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 60.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.27, -14.14, 65.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.27, 67.09, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(91.13% -0.044 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(91.13% 0.156 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.5210, 76.8923, 22.1619)
Luminance	0.7689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE85F #5F66EF

analogous

#EFA05F #EFE85F #AEEF5F

triadic

#EFE85F #5FEFE8 #E85FEF

tetradic

#EFE85F #5FEFA0 #5F66EF #EF5FAE

square

#EFE85F #5FEFA0 #5F66EF #EF5FAE

split-complementary

#EFE85F #5FAEEF #A05FEF

monochromatic

#C0B813 #E9E027 #EFE85F #F5F097 #FAF8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#EFE85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE85F

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE85F	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.156 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef92',
    500: '#efe85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe85f;
$custom-light: #f7ef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.083,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91126,
    "c": 0.15627,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE85F

secondary

#343ABE

accent

#12DE07

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE85F

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

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