#EFEF8A#EFEF8A

#EFEF8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.819; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.124 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEF8A
RGB	rgb(239, 239, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(60, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 42.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.54, -14.06, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.54, 50.69, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(93.08% -0.0395 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(93.08% 0.124 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.0518, 81.9202, 36.1091)
Luminance	0.8192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEF8A #8A8AEF

analogous

#EFBD8A #EFEF8A #BDEF8A

triadic

#EFEF8A #8AEFEF #EF8AEF

tetradic

#EFEF8A #8AEFBD #8A8AEF #EF8ABD

square

#EFEF8A #8AEFBD #8A8AEF #EF8ABD

split-complementary

#EFEF8A #8ABDEF #BD8AEF

monochromatic

#E0E01F #E8E854 #EFEF8A #F6F6C0 #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EFEF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.38

#EFEF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEF8A

17.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEF8A	1.00	1.21	17.38	17.38
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCE4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efef8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 239, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.124 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f4ae',
    500: '#efef8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efef8a;
$custom-light: #f6f4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efef8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93078,
    "c": 0.12385,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.81919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEF8A

secondary

#5353CA

accent

#0DD80D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171710

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEF8A

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

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