#EFEE8A#EFEE8A

#EFEE8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.123 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEE8A
RGB	rgb(239, 238, 138)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 42.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.28, -13.57, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.28, 50.25, 105.67°)
OKLab	oklab(92.87% -0.0381 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(92.87% 0.123 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.7598, 81.3363, 36.0118)
Luminance	0.8134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEE8A #8A8BEF

analogous

#EFBC8A #EFEE8A #BEEF8A

triadic

#EFEE8A #8AEFEE #EE8AEF

tetradic

#EFEE8A #8AEFBC #8A8BEF #EF8ABE

square

#EFEE8A #8AEFBC #8A8BEF #EF8ABE

split-complementary

#EFEE8A #8ABEEF #BC8AEF

monochromatic

#E0DE1F #E8E654 #EFEE8A #F6F6C0 #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EFEE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.27

#EFEE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEE8A

17.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEE8A	1.00	1.22	17.27	17.27
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEB8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCE3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efee8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 238, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.123 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f3ae',
    500: '#efee8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efee8a;
$custom-light: #f6f3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efee8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.406,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92872,
    "c": 0.12272,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.81335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEE8A

secondary

#5354CA

accent

#0FD80D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171710

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEE8A

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

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