#EFE88A#EFE88A

#EFE88A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.116 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE88A
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 138)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 42.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.73, -10.60, 46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.73, 47.64, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(91.64% -0.0295 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(91.64% 0.116 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.0420, 77.9007, 35.4392)
Luminance	0.7790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE88A #8A91EF

analogous

#EFB68A #EFE88A #C4EF8A

triadic

#EFE88A #8AEFE8 #E88AEF

tetradic

#EFE88A #8AEFB6 #8A91EF #EF8AC4

square

#EFE88A #8AEFB6 #8A91EF #EF8AC4

split-complementary

#EFE88A #8AC4EF #B68AEF

monochromatic

#E0D31F #E8DD54 #EFE88A #F6F3C0 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE88A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#EFE88A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE88A

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE88A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE88A	1.00	1.27	16.58	16.58
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E283

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE78E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe88a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.116 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efad',
    500: '#efe88a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe88a;
$custom-light: #f6efad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe88a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.842,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91643,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE88A

secondary

#535BCA

accent

#1BD80D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE88A

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

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