#EFED8A#EFED8A

#EFED8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.122 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFED8A
RGB	rgb(239, 237, 138)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 42.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.02, -13.08, 48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.02, 49.81, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(92.67% -0.0366 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(92.67% 0.122 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.4695, 80.7557, 35.9150)
Luminance	0.8075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFED8A #8A8CEF

analogous

#EFBB8A #EFED8A #BFEF8A

triadic

#EFED8A #8AEFED #ED8AEF

tetradic

#EFED8A #8AEFBB #8A8CEF #EF8ABF

square

#EFED8A #8AEFBB #8A8CEF #EF8ABF

split-complementary

#EFED8A #8ABFEF #BB8AEF

monochromatic

#E0DC1F #E8E554 #EFED8A #F6F5C0 #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EFED8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.15

#EFED8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFED8A

17.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFED8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFED8A	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)

#FCE682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEA8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCE2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efed8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 237, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.122 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f2ae',
    500: '#efed8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efed8a;
$custom-light: #f6f2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efed8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.812,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92667,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFED8A

secondary

#5355CA

accent

#11D80D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFED8A

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

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