#EFE89C#EFE89C

#EFE89C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.096 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE89C
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 156)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 34.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.99, -8.66, 37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.99, 38.85, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(91.93% -0.0227 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(91.93% 0.096 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.4548, 78.4659, 42.8801)
Luminance	0.7846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE89C #9CA3EF

analogous

#EFBF9C #EFE89C #CCEF9C

triadic

#EFE89C #9CEFE8 #E89CEF

tetradic

#EFE89C #9CEFBF #9CA3EF #EF9CCC

square

#EFE89C #9CEFBF #9CA3EF #EF9CCC

split-complementary

#EFE89C #9CCCEF #BF9CEF

monochromatic

#DED033 #E6DC67 #EFE89C #F8F4D1 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE89C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#EFE89C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE89C

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE89C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE89C	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)

#F5E397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe89c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.096 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efba',
    500: '#efe89c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe89c;
$custom-light: #f5efba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe89c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.94,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91931,
    "c": 0.09626,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE89C

secondary

#636CCC

accent

#22D411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE89C

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

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