#EFE961#EFE961

#EFE961 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.156 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE961
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.55, -14.50, 65.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.55, 66.64, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(91.35% -0.0448 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(91.35% 0.156 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.8954, 77.4937, 22.7409)
Luminance	0.7749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE961 #6167EF

analogous

#EFA261 #EFE961 #AEEF61

triadic

#EFE961 #61EFE9 #E961EF

tetradic

#EFE961 #61EFA2 #6167EF #EF61AE

square

#EFE961 #61EFA2 #6167EF #EF61AE

split-complementary

#EFE961 #61AEEF #A261EF

monochromatic

#C2BB14 #E9E129 #EFE961 #F5F199 #FAF8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#EFE961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE961

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE961	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.156 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef93',
    500: '#efe961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe961;
$custom-light: #f7ef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91351,
    "c": 0.15566,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE961

secondary

#343AC0

accent

#11DE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE961

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

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