#EFE88C#EFE88C

#EFE88C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.114 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE88C
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 140)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 41.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.76, -10.40, 45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.76, 46.68, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(91.67% -0.0288 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(91.67% 0.114 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.1881, 77.9592, 36.2088)
Luminance	0.7796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE88C #8C93EF

analogous

#EFB78C #EFE88C #C4EF8C

triadic

#EFE88C #8CEFE8 #E88CEF

tetradic

#EFE88C #8CEFB7 #8C93EF #EF8CC4

square

#EFE88C #8CEFB7 #8C93EF #EF8CC4

split-complementary

#EFE88C #8CC4EF #B78CEF

monochromatic

#E0D321 #E8DD56 #EFE88C #F6F3C2 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE88C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#EFE88C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE88C

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE88C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE88C	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)

#F7E285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe88c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.114 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efaf',
    500: '#efe88c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe88c;
$custom-light: #f6efaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe88c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.758,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91673,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE88C

secondary

#555DCB

accent

#1CD80E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE88C

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

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