#EFE955#EFE955

#EFE955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.165 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE955
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 64.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.45, -15.24, 69.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.45, 71.47, 102.32°)
OKLab	oklab(91.25% -0.0482 0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(91.25% 0.165 107)
XYZ	xyz(66.3776, 77.2866, 20.0139)
Luminance	0.7728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE955 #555BEF

analogous

#EF9C55 #EFE955 #A8EF55

triadic

#EFE955 #55EFE9 #E955EF

tetradic

#EFE955 #55EF9C #555BEF #EF55A8

square

#EFE955 #55EF9C #555BEF #EF55A8

split-complementary

#EFE955 #55A8EF #9C55EF

monochromatic

#B8B211 #EAE21D #EFE955 #F4F08D #FAF7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#EFE955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE955

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE955	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.165 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ef8c',
    500: '#efe955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe955;
$custom-light: #f8ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.662,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91245,
    "c": 0.1647,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.77284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE955

secondary

#3136B7

accent

#0FDF06

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE955

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

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