#EFE96C#EFE96C

#EFE96C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.146 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE96C
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 108)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 54.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.65, -13.72, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.65, 61.93, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(91.46% -0.0414 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(91.46% 0.146 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.4443, 77.7133, 25.6319)
Luminance	0.7771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE96C #6C72EF

analogous

#EFA76C #EFE96C #B3EF6C

triadic

#EFE96C #6CEFE9 #E96CEF

tetradic

#EFE96C #6CEFA7 #6C72EF #EF6CB3

square

#EFE96C #6CEFA7 #6C72EF #EF6CB3

split-complementary

#EFE96C #6CB3EF #A76CEF

monochromatic

#CBC216 #E9E135 #EFE96C #F5F1A3 #FBFADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#EFE96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE96C

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE96C	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)

#FAE15F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.146 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef9a',
    500: '#efe96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe96c;
$custom-light: #f7ef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 80.368,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91464,
    "c": 0.14643,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE96C

secondary

#383EC7

accent

#13DD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE96C

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

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