#EFE861#EFE861

#EFE861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.155 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE861
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.29, -14.01, 64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.29, 66.26, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(91.15% -0.0434 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(91.15% 0.155 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.6131, 76.9292, 22.6468)
Luminance	0.7693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE861 #6168EF

analogous

#EFA161 #EFE861 #AFEF61

triadic

#EFE861 #61EFE8 #E861EF

tetradic

#EFE861 #61EFA1 #6168EF #EF61AF

square

#EFE861 #61EFA1 #6168EF #EF61AF

split-complementary

#EFE861 #61AFEF #A161EF

monochromatic

#C2B914 #E9E029 #EFE861 #F5F099 #FAF8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#EFE861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE861

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE861	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.155 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef93',
    500: '#efe861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe861;
$custom-light: #f7ef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.042,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91145,
    "c": 0.15469,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE861

secondary

#343BC0

accent

#12DE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE861

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

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