#EFEC8D#EFEC8D

#EFEC8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.117 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEC8D
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 141)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(58, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 41%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.80, -12.28, 46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.80, 47.93, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(92.51% -0.0341 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(92.51% 0.117 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.4010, 80.2663, 36.9785)
Luminance	0.8026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEC8D #8D90EF

analogous

#EFBB8D #EFEC8D #C1EF8D

triadic

#EFEC8D #8DEFEC #EC8DEF

tetradic

#EFEC8D #8DEFBB #8D90EF #EF8DC1

square

#EFEC8D #8DEFBB #8D90EF #EF8DC1

split-complementary

#EFEC8D #8DC1EF #BB8DEF

monochromatic

#E0DA22 #E7E357 #EFEC8D #F7F5C3 #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFEC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.05

#EFEC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEC8D

17.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEC8D	1.00	1.23	17.05	17.05
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCE1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efec8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.117 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f2b0',
    500: '#efec8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efec8d;
$custom-light: #f6f2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efec8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.163,
    "s": 75.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92506,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEC8D

secondary

#5659CB

accent

#14D80E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEC8D

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

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