#EFE89F#EFE89F

#EFE89F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.093 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE89F
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 159)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(55, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 33.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.04, -8.31, 36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.04, 37.36, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(91.98% -0.0215 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(91.98% 0.093 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.7120, 78.5687, 44.2345)
Luminance	0.7857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE89F #9FA6EF

analogous

#EFC09F #EFE89F #CEEF9F

triadic

#EFE89F #9FEFE8 #E89FEF

tetradic

#EFE89F #9FEFC0 #9FA6EF #EF9FCE

square

#EFE89F #9FEFC0 #9FA6EF #EF9FCE

split-complementary

#EFE89F #9FCEEF #C09FEF

monochromatic

#DECF36 #E6DB6B #EFE89F #F8F5D3 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE89F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.71

#EFE89F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE89F

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE89F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE89F	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)

#F5E39A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe89f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.093 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efbc',
    500: '#efe89f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe89f;
$custom-light: #f5efbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe89f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.75,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91984,
    "c": 0.0928,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE89F

secondary

#666FCC

accent

#23D312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE89F

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

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