#EFEC8F#EFEC8F

#EFEC8F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.115 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEC8F
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 143)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(58, 40%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 40.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.83, -12.07, 45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.83, 46.97, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(92.54% -0.0334 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(92.54% 0.115 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.5511, 80.3264, 37.7693)
Luminance	0.8033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEC8F #8F92EF

analogous

#EFBC8F #EFEC8F #C2EF8F

triadic

#EFEC8F #8FEFEC #EC8FEF

tetradic

#EFEC8F #8FEFBC #8F92EF #EF8FC2

square

#EFEC8F #8FEFBC #8F92EF #EF8FC2

split-complementary

#EFEC8F #8FC2EF #BC8FEF

monochromatic

#E0DA24 #E7E359 #EFEC8F #F7F5C5 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFEC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.07

#EFEC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEC8F

17.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEC8F	1.00	1.23	17.07	17.07
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEA93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCE1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efec8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.115 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f2b1',
    500: '#efec8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efec8f;
$custom-light: #f6f2b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efec8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92536,
    "c": 0.11517,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEC8F

secondary

#575BCB

accent

#15D70E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEC8F

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

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