#EFEE8B#EFEE8B

#EFEE8B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.814; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.122 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEE8B
RGB	rgb(239, 238, 139)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 41.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.29, -13.47, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.29, 49.77, 105.70°)
OKLab	oklab(92.89% -0.0377 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(92.89% 0.122 108)
XYZ	xyz(70.8326, 81.3654, 36.3949)
Luminance	0.8136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEE8B #8B8CEF

analogous

#EFBC8B #EFEE8B #BEEF8B

triadic

#EFEE8B #8BEFEE #EE8BEF

tetradic

#EFEE8B #8BEFBC #8B8CEF #EF8BBE

square

#EFEE8B #8BEFBC #8B8CEF #EF8BBE

split-complementary

#EFEE8B #8BBEEF #BC8BEF

monochromatic

#E0DE1F #E8E655 #EFEE8B #F6F6C1 #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EFEE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.27

#EFEE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEE8B

17.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEE8B	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)

#FDE783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEB8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCE3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efee8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 238, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.122 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f3ae',
    500: '#efee8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efee8b;
$custom-light: #f6f3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efee8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.4,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92887,
    "c": 0.12167,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.81364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEE8B

secondary

#5455CA

accent

#10D80E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171710

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEE8B

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

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