#EFEE56#EFEE56

#EFEE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.802; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.169 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEE56
RGB	rgb(239, 238, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.76, -17.63, 70.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.76, 72.95, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(92.29% -0.0548 0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(92.29% 0.169 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.8531, 80.1737, 20.7031)
Luminance	0.8017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEE56 #5657EF

analogous

#EFA156 #EFEE56 #A3EF56

triadic

#EFEE56 #56EFEE #EE56EF

tetradic

#EFEE56 #56EFA1 #5657EF #EF56A3

square

#EFEE56 #56EFA1 #5657EF #EF56A3

split-complementary

#EFEE56 #56A3EF #A156EF

monochromatic

#B9B812 #EAE81E #EFEE56 #F4F48E #FAF9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFEE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.03

#EFEE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEE56

17.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEE56	1.00	1.23	17.03	17.03
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efee56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 238, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.169 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8f38d',
    500: '#efee56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efee56;
$custom-light: #f8f38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efee56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.608,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92292,
    "c": 0.16882,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEE56

secondary

#3132B8

accent

#08DF06

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEE56

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

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