#EFEE5A#EFEE5A

#EFEE5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.802; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.166 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEE5A
RGB	rgb(239, 238, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 62.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.79, -17.39, 69.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.79, 71.40, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(92.33% -0.0537 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(92.33% 0.166 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.0188, 80.2399, 21.5757)
Luminance	0.8024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEE5A #5A5BEF

analogous

#EFA35A #EFEE5A #A6EF5A

triadic

#EFEE5A #5AEFEE #EE5AEF

tetradic

#EFEE5A #5AEFA3 #5A5BEF #EF5AA6

square

#EFEE5A #5AEFA3 #5A5BEF #EF5AA6

split-complementary

#EFEE5A #5AA6EF #A35AEF

monochromatic

#BCBB12 #EAE822 #EFEE5A #F4F492 #FAF9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFEE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.05

#EFEE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEE5A

17.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEE5A	1.00	1.23	17.05	17.05
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efee5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 238, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.166 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f38f',
    500: '#efee5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efee5a;
$custom-light: #f7f38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efee5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.597,
    "s": 82.32,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92325,
    "c": 0.16595,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEE5A

secondary

#3233BB

accent

#08DF07

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEE5A

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

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