#EFEE57#EFEE57

#EFEE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.802; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.168 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEE57
RGB	rgb(239, 238, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 63.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.77, -17.57, 70.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.77, 72.57, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(92.3% -0.0545 0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(92.3% 0.168 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.8937, 80.1899, 20.9168)
Luminance	0.8019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEE57 #5758EF

analogous

#EFA257 #EFEE57 #A4EF57

triadic

#EFEE57 #57EFEE #EE57EF

tetradic

#EFEE57 #57EFA2 #5758EF #EF57A4

square

#EFEE57 #57EFA2 #5758EF #EF57A4

split-complementary

#EFEE57 #57A4EF #A257EF

monochromatic

#BAB912 #EAE81F #EFEE57 #F4F48F #FAF9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFEE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.04

#EFEE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEE57

17.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEE57	1.00	1.23	17.04	17.04
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efee57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 238, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.168 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8f38d',
    500: '#efee57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efee57;
$custom-light: #f8f38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efee57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.605,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.923,
    "c": 0.16811,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEE57

secondary

#3132B9

accent

#08DF06

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEE57

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

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