#EFE96E#EFE96E

#EFE96E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.145 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE96E
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 110)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 54%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.67, -13.57, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.67, 61.04, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(91.49% -0.0408 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(91.49% 0.145 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.5519, 77.7563, 26.1989)
Luminance	0.7775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE96E #6E74EF

analogous

#EFA86E #EFE96E #B4EF6E

triadic

#EFE96E #6EEFE9 #E96EEF

tetradic

#EFE96E #6EEFA8 #6E74EF #EF6EB4

square

#EFE96E #6EEFA8 #6E74EF #EF6EB4

split-complementary

#EFE96E #6EB4EF #A86EEF

monochromatic

#CCC417 #E9E137 #EFE96E #F5F1A5 #FBFADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#EFE96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE96E

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE96E	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)

#FAE162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.145 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef9b',
    500: '#efe96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe96e;
$custom-light: #f7ef9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 80.124,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91486,
    "c": 0.14465,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE96E

secondary

#3A40C7

accent

#13DC09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE96E

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

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