#EFEF9A#EFEF9A

#EFEF9A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.824; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.106 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEF9A
RGB	rgb(239, 239, 154)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(60, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 35.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.76, -12.37, 41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.76, 42.98, 106.73°)
OKLab	oklab(93.32% -0.0334 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(93.32% 0.106 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.2966, 82.4182, 42.6654)
Luminance	0.8242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEF9A #9A9AEF

analogous

#EFC59A #EFEF9A #C5EF9A

triadic

#EFEF9A #9AEFEF #EF9AEF

tetradic

#EFEF9A #9AEFC5 #9A9AEF #EF9AC5

square

#EFEF9A #9AEFC5 #9A9AEF #EF9AC5

split-complementary

#EFEF9A #9AC5EF #C59AEF

monochromatic

#DEDE30 #E7E765 #EFEF9A #F7F7CF #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#EFEF9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.48

#EFEF9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEF9A

17.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEF9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEF9A	1.00	1.20	17.48	17.48
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE5DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efef9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 239, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.106 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f4b8',
    500: '#efef9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efef9a;
$custom-light: #f5f4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efef9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 72.65,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93324,
    "c": 0.10647,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.82417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEF9A

secondary

#6262CC

accent

#11D511

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEF9A

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

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