#EFE96D#EFE96D

#EFE96D 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 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE96D
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 109)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 54.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.66, -13.65, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.66, 61.49, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(91.48% -0.0411 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(91.48% 0.146 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.4978, 77.7347, 25.9138)
Luminance	0.7773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE96D #6D73EF

analogous

#EFA86D #EFE96D #B4EF6D

triadic

#EFE96D #6DEFE9 #E96DEF

tetradic

#EFE96D #6DEFA8 #6D73EF #EF6DB4

square

#EFE96D #6DEFA8 #6D73EF #EF6DB4

split-complementary

#EFE96D #6DB4EF #A86DEF

monochromatic

#CBC316 #E9E136 #EFE96D #F5F1A4 #FBFADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#EFE96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE96D

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE96D	1.00	1.27	16.55	16.55
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.146 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef9a',
    500: '#efe96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe96d;
$custom-light: #f7ef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 80.247,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91475,
    "c": 0.14554,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE96D

secondary

#393FC7

accent

#13DD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE96D

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

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