#EFE96B#EFE96B

#EFE96B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.147 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE96B
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 107)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 55.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.64, -13.80, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.64, 62.36, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(91.45% -0.0417 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(91.45% 0.147 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.3914, 77.6921, 25.3532)
Luminance	0.7769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE96B #6B71EF

analogous

#EFA76B #EFE96B #B3EF6B

triadic

#EFE96B #6BEFE9 #E96BEF

tetradic

#EFE96B #6BEFA7 #6B71EF #EF6BB3

square

#EFE96B #6BEFA7 #6B71EF #EF6BB3

split-complementary

#EFE96B #6BB3EF #A76BEF

monochromatic

#CAC216 #E9E134 #EFE96B #F5F1A2 #FBF9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#EFE96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE96B

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE96B	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE15E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.147 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef99',
    500: '#efe96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe96b;
$custom-light: #f7ef99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 80.488,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91453,
    "c": 0.14731,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE96B

secondary

#373EC7

accent

#12DD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE96B

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

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