#EFEE5C#EFEE5C
#EFEE5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.164 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EFEE5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 238, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 82%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 62%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 61.5%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(91.81, -17.27, 68.46) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(91.81, 70.61, 104.16°) |
| OKLab | oklab(92.34% -0.0531 0.1556) |
| OKLCH | oklch(92.34% 0.164 108.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(68.1051, 80.2744, 22.0301) |
| Luminance | 0.8027 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 2.69
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 2.83
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 3.12
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 3.35
Pastel Yellow
#FFFE71
ΔE00 3.39
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 3.51
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EFEE5C #5C5DEF
analogous
#EFA55C #EFEE5C #A6EF5C
triadic
#EFEE5C #5CEFEE #EE5CEF
tetradic
#EFEE5C #5CEFA5 #5C5DEF #EF5CA6
square
#EFEE5C #5CEFA5 #5C5DEF #EF5CA6
split-complementary
#EFEE5C #5CA6EF #A55CEF
monochromatic
#BEBD13 #EAE824 #EFEE5C #F4F494 #FAFACB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.23
#EFEE5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.05
#EFEE5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EFEE5C
17.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EFEE5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EFEE5C | 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)
#FFE54A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEA65
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFE0D0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E7E7E7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #efee5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 238, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.164 108.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7f390',
500: '#efee5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #efee5c; $custom-light: #f7f390; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#efee5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 238,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 59.592,
"s": 82.123,
"l": 64.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.92342,
"c": 0.16446,
"h": 108.9
},
"luminance": 0.80273
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EFEE5C
secondary
#3334BC
accent
#08DF07
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#18170D
muted
#86857F