#EFE88B#EFE88B

#EFE88B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.115 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE88B
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 139)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 41.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.75, -10.50, 45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.75, 47.16, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(91.66% -0.0292 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(91.66% 0.115 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.1147, 77.9298, 35.8223)
Luminance	0.7793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE88B #8B92EF

analogous

#EFB68B #EFE88B #C4EF8B

triadic

#EFE88B #8BEFE8 #E88BEF

tetradic

#EFE88B #8BEFB6 #8B92EF #EF8BC4

square

#EFE88B #8BEFB6 #8B92EF #EF8BC4

split-complementary

#EFE88B #8BC4EF #B68BEF

monochromatic

#E0D31F #E8DD55 #EFE88B #F6F3C1 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE88B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#EFE88B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE88B

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE88B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE88B	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE78F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe88b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.115 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efae',
    500: '#efe88b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe88b;
$custom-light: #f6efae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe88b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.8,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91658,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE88B

secondary

#545CCA

accent

#1CD80E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE88B

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

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