#EFEC9C#EFEC9C

#EFEC9C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.101 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEC9C
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 156)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 34.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.02, -10.66, 39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.02, 40.63, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(92.74% -0.0284 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(92.74% 0.101 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.5936, 80.7434, 43.2596)
Luminance	0.8074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEC9C #9C9FEF

analogous

#EFC29C #EFEC9C #C9EF9C

triadic

#EFEC9C #9CEFEC #EC9CEF

tetradic

#EFEC9C #9CEFC2 #9C9FEF #EF9CC9

square

#EFEC9C #9CEFC2 #9C9FEF #EF9CC9

split-complementary

#EFEC9C #9CC9EF #C29CEF

monochromatic

#DED833 #E6E267 #EFEC9C #F8F6D1 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EFEC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.15

#EFEC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEC9C

17.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEC9C	1.00	1.22	17.15	17.15
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efec9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.101 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2ba',
    500: '#efec9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efec9c;
$custom-light: #f5f2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efec9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.831,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92744,
    "c": 0.10074,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEC9C

secondary

#6367CC

accent

#18D411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEC9C

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

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