#EFEC9A#EFEC9A

#EFEC9A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.103 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEC9A
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 154)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 35.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.99, -10.88, 40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.99, 41.61, 105.16°)
OKLab	oklab(92.71% -0.0292 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(92.71% 0.103 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.4256, 80.6762, 42.3751)
Luminance	0.8067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEC9A #9A9DEF

analogous

#EFC19A #EFEC9A #C8EF9A

triadic

#EFEC9A #9AEFEC #EC9AEF

tetradic

#EFEC9A #9AEFC1 #9A9DEF #EF9AC8

square

#EFEC9A #9AEFC1 #9A9DEF #EF9AC8

split-complementary

#EFEC9A #9AC8EF #C19AEF

monochromatic

#DED830 #E7E265 #EFEC9A #F7F6CF #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFEC9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.13

#EFEC9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEC9A

17.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEC9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEC9A	1.00	1.23	17.13	17.13
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E694

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efec9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.103 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2b8',
    500: '#efec9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efec9a;
$custom-light: #f5f2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efec9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.882,
    "s": 72.65,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92711,
    "c": 0.10301,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEC9A

secondary

#6265CC

accent

#18D511

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEC9A

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

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