#EFE89A#EFE89A

#EFE89A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.099 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE89A
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 154)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 35.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.96, -8.89, 38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.96, 39.84, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(91.9% -0.0234 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(91.9% 0.099 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.2869, 78.3987, 41.9955)
Luminance	0.7840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE89A #9AA1EF

analogous

#EFBE9A #EFE89A #CCEF9A

triadic

#EFE89A #9AEFE8 #E89AEF

tetradic

#EFE89A #9AEFBE #9AA1EF #EF9ACC

square

#EFE89A #9AEFBE #9AA1EF #EF9ACC

split-complementary

#EFE89A #9ACCEF #BE9AEF

monochromatic

#DED030 #E7DC65 #EFE89A #F7F4CF #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE89A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#EFE89A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE89A

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE89A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE89A	1.00	1.26	16.68	16.68
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe89a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.099 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efb8',
    500: '#efe89a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe89a;
$custom-light: #f5efb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe89a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.059,
    "s": 72.65,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91897,
    "c": 0.09855,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE89A

secondary

#626ACC

accent

#21D511

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE89A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →