#EFE96A#EFE96A

#EFE96A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.148 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE96A
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 106)
HSL	hsl(57, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 55.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.63, -13.87, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.63, 62.80, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(91.44% -0.042 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(91.44% 0.148 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.3391, 77.6712, 25.0777)
Luminance	0.7767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE96A #6A70EF

analogous

#EFA66A #EFE96A #B3EF6A

triadic

#EFE96A #6AEFE9 #E96AEF

tetradic

#EFE96A #6AEFA6 #6A70EF #EF6AB3

square

#EFE96A #6AEFA6 #6A70EF #EF6AB3

split-complementary

#EFE96A #6AB3EF #A66AEF

monochromatic

#C9C116 #E9E133 #EFE96A #F5F1A1 #FBF9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#EFE96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE96A

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE96A	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE15D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.148 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef99',
    500: '#efe96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe96a;
$custom-light: #f7ef99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.293,
    "s": 80.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91442,
    "c": 0.14817,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE96A

secondary

#373EC6

accent

#12DD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE96A

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

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