#EFEC5E#EFEC5E

#EFEC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.161 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEC5E
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 60.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.30, -16.17, 67.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.30, 69.03, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(91.95% -0.0498 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(91.95% 0.161 108)
XYZ	xyz(67.6146, 79.1518, 22.3036)
Luminance	0.7915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEC5E #5E61EF

analogous

#EFA45E #EFEC5E #A9EF5E

triadic

#EFEC5E #5EEFEC #EC5EEF

tetradic

#EFEC5E #5EEFA4 #5E61EF #EF5EA9

square

#EFEC5E #5EEFA4 #5E61EF #EF5EA9

split-complementary

#EFEC5E #5EA9EF #A45EEF

monochromatic

#C0BC13 #E9E526 #EFEC5E #F5F396 #FAF9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFEC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.83

#EFEC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEC5E

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEC5E	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)

#FEE34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efec5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.161 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f191',
    500: '#efec5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efec5e;
$custom-light: #f7f191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efec5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.759,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91945,
    "c": 0.16096,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.7915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEC5E

secondary

#3336BE

accent

#0CDE07

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEC5E

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

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