#EFEC9B#EFEC9B

#EFEC9B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.102 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEC9B
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 155)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 35.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.00, -10.77, 39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.00, 41.12, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(92.73% -0.0288 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(92.73% 0.102 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.5093, 80.7096, 42.8155)
Luminance	0.8071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEC9B #9B9EEF

analogous

#EFC29B #EFEC9B #C8EF9B

triadic

#EFEC9B #9BEFEC #EC9BEF

tetradic

#EFEC9B #9BEFC2 #9B9EEF #EF9BC8

square

#EFEC9B #9BEFC2 #9B9EEF #EF9BC8

split-complementary

#EFEC9B #9BC8EF #C29BEF

monochromatic

#DED831 #E7E266 #EFEC9B #F7F6D0 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFEC9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.14

#EFEC9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEC9B

17.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEC9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEC9B	1.00	1.23	17.14	17.14
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efec9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.102 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2b9',
    500: '#efec9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efec9b;
$custom-light: #f5f2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efec9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92728,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEC9B

secondary

#6266CC

accent

#18D411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEC9B

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

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