#EFE960#EFE960

#EFE960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.156 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE960
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 96)
HSL	hsl(57, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 59.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.54, -14.57, 65.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.54, 67.06, 102.55°)
OKLab	oklab(91.34% -0.0451 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(91.34% 0.156 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.8490, 77.4752, 22.4969)
Luminance	0.7747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE960 #6066EF

analogous

#EFA260 #EFE960 #ADEF60

triadic

#EFE960 #60EFE9 #E960EF

tetradic

#EFE960 #60EFA2 #6066EF #EF60AD

square

#EFE960 #60EFA2 #6066EF #EF60AD

split-complementary

#EFE960 #60ADEF #A260EF

monochromatic

#C1BA13 #E9E128 #EFE960 #F5F198 #FAF8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#EFE960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE960

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE960	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.156 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef92',
    500: '#efe960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe960;
$custom-light: #f7ef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.483,
    "s": 81.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91342,
    "c": 0.15645,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE960

secondary

#343ABF

accent

#10DE07

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE960

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

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