#EFE956#EFE956

#EFE956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.164 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE956
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.46, -15.19, 69.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.46, 71.08, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(91.25% -0.0479 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(91.25% 0.164 107)
XYZ	xyz(66.4176, 77.3026, 20.2246)
Luminance	0.7730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE956 #565CEF

analogous

#EF9C56 #EFE956 #A8EF56

triadic

#EFE956 #56EFE9 #E956EF

tetradic

#EFE956 #56EF9C #565CEF #EF56A8

square

#EFE956 #56EF9C #565CEF #EF56A8

split-complementary

#EFE956 #56A8EF #9C56EF

monochromatic

#B9B312 #EAE21E #EFE956 #F4F08E #FAF8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#EFE956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE956

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE956	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)

#FCE043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.164 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ef8d',
    500: '#efe956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe956;
$custom-light: #f8ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.647,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91254,
    "c": 0.16399,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE956

secondary

#3136B8

accent

#0FDF06

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE956

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

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