#EFEF9B#EFEF9B

#EFEF9B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.105 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEF9B
RGB	rgb(239, 239, 155)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(60, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 35.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.77, -12.26, 40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.77, 42.49, 106.77°)
OKLab	oklab(93.34% -0.033 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(93.34% 0.105 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.3803, 82.4516, 43.1059)
Luminance	0.8245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEF9B #9B9BEF

analogous

#EFC59B #EFEF9B #C5EF9B

triadic

#EFEF9B #9BEFEF #EF9BEF

tetradic

#EFEF9B #9BEFC5 #9B9BEF #EF9BC5

square

#EFEF9B #9BEFC5 #9B9BEF #EF9BC5

split-complementary

#EFEF9B #9BC5EF #C59BEF

monochromatic

#DEDE31 #E7E766 #EFEF9B #F7F7D0 #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#EFEF9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.49

#EFEF9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEF9B

17.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEF9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEF9B	1.00	1.20	17.49	17.49
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEC9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE5DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efef9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 239, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.105 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f4b9',
    500: '#efef9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efef9b;
$custom-light: #f5f4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efef9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9334,
    "c": 0.10535,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.8245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEF9B

secondary

#6262CC

accent

#11D411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEF9B

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

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