#EFE89E#EFE89E

#EFE89E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.094 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE89E
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 158)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(55, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 33.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.02, -8.43, 36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.02, 37.86, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(91.97% -0.0219 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(91.97% 0.094 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.6256, 78.5342, 43.7793)
Luminance	0.7853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE89E #9EA5EF

analogous

#EFBF9E #EFE89E #CDEF9E

triadic

#EFE89E #9EEFE8 #E89EEF

tetradic

#EFE89E #9EEFBF #9EA5EF #EF9ECD

square

#EFE89E #9EEFBF #9EA5EF #EF9ECD

split-complementary

#EFE89E #9ECDEF #BF9EEF

monochromatic

#DECF35 #E6DC69 #EFE89E #F8F4D3 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.71

#EFE89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE89E

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE89E	1.00	1.26	16.71	16.71
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.094 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efbb',
    500: '#efe89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe89e;
$custom-light: #f5efbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.815,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91966,
    "c": 0.09396,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE89E

secondary

#656ECC

accent

#23D412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE89E

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

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