#EFEC9F#EFEC9F

#EFEC9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.097 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEC9F
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 159)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 33.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.06, -10.31, 37.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.06, 39.15, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(92.8% -0.0272 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(92.8% 0.097 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.8508, 80.8462, 44.6141)
Luminance	0.8085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEC9F #9FA2EF

analogous

#EFC49F #EFEC9F #CAEF9F

triadic

#EFEC9F #9FEFEC #EC9FEF

tetradic

#EFEC9F #9FEFC4 #9FA2EF #EF9FCA

square

#EFEC9F #9FEFC4 #9FA2EF #EF9FCA

split-complementary

#EFEC9F #9FCAEF #C49FEF

monochromatic

#DED736 #E6E26B #EFEC9F #F8F6D3 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EFEC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.17

#EFEC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEC9F

17.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEC9F	1.00	1.22	17.17	17.17
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E69A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAEAA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efec9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.097 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2bc',
    500: '#efec9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efec9f;
$custom-light: #f5f2bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efec9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.75,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92796,
    "c": 0.0973,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.80845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEC9F

secondary

#666ACC

accent

#19D312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEC9F

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

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