#EFEC8E#EFEC8E

#EFEC8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.116 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEC8E
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 142)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(58, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 40.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.82, -12.18, 45.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.82, 47.45, 104.87°)
OKLab	oklab(92.52% -0.0337 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(92.52% 0.116 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.4757, 80.2962, 37.3721)
Luminance	0.8030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEC8E #8E91EF

analogous

#EFBB8E #EFEC8E #C2EF8E

triadic

#EFEC8E #8EEFEC #EC8EEF

tetradic

#EFEC8E #8EEFBB #8E91EF #EF8EC2

square

#EFEC8E #8EEFBB #8E91EF #EF8EC2

split-complementary

#EFEC8E #8EC2EF #BB8EEF

monochromatic

#E0DA23 #E7E358 #EFEC8E #F7F5C4 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFEC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.06

#EFEC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEC8E

17.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEC8E	1.00	1.23	17.06	17.06
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE992

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCE1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efec8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.116 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f2b0',
    500: '#efec8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efec8e;
$custom-light: #f6f2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efec8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.144,
    "s": 75.194,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92521,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEC8E

secondary

#565ACB

accent

#14D70E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEC8E

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

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