#EFE96F#EFE96F

#EFE96F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.144 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE96F
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 111)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 53.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.68, -13.49, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.68, 60.60, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(91.5% -0.0404 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(91.5% 0.144 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.6067, 77.7782, 26.4873)
Luminance	0.7778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE96F #6F75EF

analogous

#EFA96F #EFE96F #B5EF6F

triadic

#EFE96F #6FEFE9 #E96FEF

tetradic

#EFE96F #6FEFA9 #6F75EF #EF6FB5

square

#EFE96F #6FEFA9 #6F75EF #EF6FB5

split-complementary

#EFE96F #6FB5EF #A96FEF

monochromatic

#CDC417 #E9E138 #EFE96F #F5F1A6 #FBFADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#EFE96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE96F

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE96F	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.144 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef9c',
    500: '#efe96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe96f;
$custom-light: #f7ef9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91497,
    "c": 0.14377,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE96F

secondary

#3B41C8

accent

#13DC09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE96F

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

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