#EFE89B#EFE89B

#EFE89B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.097 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE89B
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 155)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 35.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.98, -8.78, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.98, 39.34, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(91.91% -0.023 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(91.91% 0.097 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.3705, 78.4321, 42.4359)
Luminance	0.7843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE89B #9BA2EF

analogous

#EFBE9B #EFE89B #CCEF9B

triadic

#EFE89B #9BEFE8 #E89BEF

tetradic

#EFE89B #9BEFBE #9BA2EF #EF9BCC

square

#EFE89B #9BEFBE #9BA2EF #EF9BCC

split-complementary

#EFE89B #9BCCEF #BE9BEF

monochromatic

#DED031 #E7DC66 #EFE89B #F7F4D0 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE89B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#EFE89B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE89B

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE89B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE89B	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe89b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.097 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efb9',
    500: '#efe89b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe89b;
$custom-light: #f5efb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe89b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91914,
    "c": 0.09741,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE89B

secondary

#626BCC

accent

#21D411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE89B

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

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