#EFEC8B#EFEC8B

#EFEC8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.802; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.119 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEC8B
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 139)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 41.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.78, -12.48, 47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.78, 48.89, 104.79°)
OKLab	oklab(92.48% -0.0349 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(92.48% 0.119 107)
XYZ	xyz(70.2535, 80.2073, 36.2019)
Luminance	0.8021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEC8B #8B8EEF

analogous

#EFBA8B #EFEC8B #C0EF8B

triadic

#EFEC8B #8BEFEC #EC8BEF

tetradic

#EFEC8B #8BEFBA #8B8EEF #EF8BC0

square

#EFEC8B #8BEFBA #8B8EEF #EF8BC0

split-complementary

#EFEC8B #8BC0EF #BA8BEF

monochromatic

#E0DA1F #E8E355 #EFEC8B #F6F5C1 #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFEC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.04

#EFEC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEC8B

17.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEC8B	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)

#FBE583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE98F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCE1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efec8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.119 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f2ae',
    500: '#efec8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efec8b;
$custom-light: #f6f2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efec8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.2,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92476,
    "c": 0.11944,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.80206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEC8B

secondary

#5457CA

accent

#14D80E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEC8B

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

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