#EFE989#EFE989

#EFE989 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.118 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE989
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 137)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 43%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 42.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.98, -11.20, 47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.98, 48.55, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(91.83% -0.0313 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(91.83% 0.118 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.2522, 78.4365, 35.1538)
Luminance	0.7843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE989 #898FEF

analogous

#EFB689 #EFE989 #C2EF89

triadic

#EFE989 #89EFE9 #E989EF

tetradic

#EFE989 #89EFB6 #898FEF #EF89C2

square

#EFE989 #89EFB6 #898FEF #EF89C2

split-complementary

#EFE989 #89C2EF #B689EF

monochromatic

#DFD41E #E8DF53 #EFE989 #F6F3BF #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#EFE989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE989

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE989	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE78D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.118 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efad',
    500: '#efe989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe989;
$custom-light: #f6efad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 76.119,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91833,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE989

secondary

#5259CA

accent

#19D80D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE989

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

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