#EFE965#EFE965

#EFE965 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.152 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE965
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 101)
HSL	hsl(57, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 57.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.58, -14.23, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.58, 64.95, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(91.39% -0.0436 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(91.39% 0.152 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.0866, 77.5702, 23.7481)
Luminance	0.7757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE965 #656BEF

analogous

#EFA465 #EFE965 #B0EF65

triadic

#EFE965 #65EFE9 #E965EF

tetradic

#EFE965 #65EFA4 #656BEF #EF65B0

square

#EFE965 #65EFA4 #656BEF #EF65B0

split-complementary

#EFE965 #65B0EF #A465EF

monochromatic

#C5BD14 #E9E12E #EFE965 #F5F19C #FBF9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#EFE965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE965

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE965	1.00	1.27	16.51	16.51
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE76C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.152 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef95',
    500: '#efe965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe965;
$custom-light: #f7ef95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 81.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91391,
    "c": 0.1524,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE965

secondary

#363CC3

accent

#11DE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE965

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

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