#EFEC9D#EFEC9D

#EFEC9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.100 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEC9D
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 157)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(58, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 34.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.03, -10.54, 38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.03, 40.14, 105.23°)
OKLab	oklab(92.76% -0.028 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(92.76% 0.1 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.6786, 80.7774, 43.7074)
Luminance	0.8078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEC9D #9DA0EF

analogous

#EFC39D #EFEC9D #C9EF9D

triadic

#EFEC9D #9DEFEC #EC9DEF

tetradic

#EFEC9D #9DEFC3 #9DA0EF #EF9DC9

square

#EFEC9D #9DEFC3 #9DA0EF #EF9DC9

split-complementary

#EFEC9D #9DC9EF #C39DEF

monochromatic

#DED834 #E6E268 #EFEC9D #F8F6D2 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EFEC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.16

#EFEC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEC9D

17.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEC9D	1.00	1.22	17.16	17.16
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEAA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efec9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.100 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2ba',
    500: '#efec9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efec9d;
$custom-light: #f5f2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efec9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.805,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92761,
    "c": 0.0996,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.80776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEC9D

secondary

#6468CC

accent

#19D412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEC9D

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

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