#EFEC61#EFEC61

#EFEC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.159 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEC61
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.33, -15.97, 65.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.33, 67.80, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(91.97% -0.049 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(91.97% 0.159 108)
XYZ	xyz(67.7518, 79.2067, 23.0264)
Luminance	0.7921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEC61 #6164EF

analogous

#EFA561 #EFEC61 #ABEF61

triadic

#EFEC61 #61EFEC #EC61EF

tetradic

#EFEC61 #61EFA5 #6164EF #EF61AB

square

#EFEC61 #61EFA5 #6164EF #EF61AB

split-complementary

#EFEC61 #61ABEF #A561EF

monochromatic

#C2BE14 #E9E529 #EFEC61 #F5F399 #FAF9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFEC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.84

#EFEC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEC61

16.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEC61	1.00	1.25	16.84	16.84
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efec61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.159 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f193',
    500: '#efec61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efec61;
$custom-light: #f7f193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efec61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.732,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91972,
    "c": 0.15862,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.79205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEC61

secondary

#3437C0

accent

#0CDE08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEC61

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

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