#EFEC5D#EFEC5D

#EFEC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.162 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEC5D
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 93)
HSL	hsl(59, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 61.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.29, -16.23, 67.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.29, 69.43, 103.52°)
OKLab	oklab(91.94% -0.0501 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(91.94% 0.162 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.5700, 79.1340, 22.0688)
Luminance	0.7913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEC5D #5D60EF

analogous

#EFA35D #EFEC5D #A9EF5D

triadic

#EFEC5D #5DEFEC #EC5DEF

tetradic

#EFEC5D #5DEFA3 #5D60EF #EF5DA9

square

#EFEC5D #5DEFA3 #5D60EF #EF5DA9

split-complementary

#EFEC5D #5DA9EF #A35DEF

monochromatic

#BFBB13 #E9E525 #EFEC5D #F5F395 #FAF9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFEC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.83

#EFEC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEC5D

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEC5D	1.00	1.25	16.83	16.83
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efec5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.162 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f191',
    500: '#efec5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efec5d;
$custom-light: #f7f191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efec5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.767,
    "s": 82.022,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91936,
    "c": 0.16173,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEC5D

secondary

#3336BD

accent

#0CDE07

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEC5D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →