#EFEC8A#EFEC8A

#EFEC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.802; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.120 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEC8A
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 42.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.76, -12.58, 47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.76, 49.37, 104.77°)
OKLab	oklab(92.46% -0.0352 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(92.46% 0.121 107)
XYZ	xyz(70.1808, 80.1783, 35.8188)
Luminance	0.8018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEC8A #8A8DEF

analogous

#EFBA8A #EFEC8A #C0EF8A

triadic

#EFEC8A #8AEFEC #EC8AEF

tetradic

#EFEC8A #8AEFBA #8A8DEF #EF8AC0

square

#EFEC8A #8AEFBA #8A8DEF #EF8AC0

split-complementary

#EFEC8A #8AC0EF #BA8AEF

monochromatic

#E0DA1F #E8E354 #EFEC8A #F6F5C0 #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFEC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.04

#EFEC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEC8A

17.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEC8A	1.00	1.23	17.04	17.04
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE98E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCE1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.120 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f2ae',
    500: '#efec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efec8a;
$custom-light: #f6f2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.218,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92462,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.80177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEC8A

secondary

#5356CA

accent

#13D80D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEC8A

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

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