#EFEF56#EFEF56

#EFEF56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.170 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEF56
RGB	rgb(239, 239, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.02, -18.11, 71.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.02, 73.33, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(92.5% -0.0561 0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(92.5% 0.17 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.1450, 80.7575, 20.8004)
Luminance	0.8076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEF56 #5656EF

analogous

#EFA256 #EFEF56 #A2EF56

triadic

#EFEF56 #56EFEF #EF56EF

tetradic

#EFEF56 #56EFA2 #5656EF #EF56A2

square

#EFEF56 #56EFA2 #5656EF #EF56A2

split-complementary

#EFEF56 #56A2EF #A256EF

monochromatic

#B9B912 #EAEA1E #EFEF56 #F4F48E #FAFAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EFEF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.15

#EFEF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEF56

17.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEF56	1.00	1.22	17.15	17.15
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efef56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 239, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.170 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8f48d',
    500: '#efef56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efef56;
$custom-light: #f8f48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efef56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.925,
    "c": 0.16981,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.80756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEF56

secondary

#3131B8

accent

#06DF06

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEF56

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

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