#EFEF9C#EFEF9C

#EFEF9C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.104 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEF9C
RGB	rgb(239, 239, 156)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(60, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 34.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.79, -12.14, 40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.79, 42.00, 106.81°)
OKLab	oklab(93.36% -0.0326 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(93.36% 0.104 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.4646, 82.4854, 43.5500)
Luminance	0.8248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEF9C #9C9CEF

analogous

#EFC69C #EFEF9C #C6EF9C

triadic

#EFEF9C #9CEFEF #EF9CEF

tetradic

#EFEF9C #9CEFC6 #9C9CEF #EF9CC6

square

#EFEF9C #9CEFC6 #9C9CEF #EF9CC6

split-complementary

#EFEF9C #9CC6EF #C69CEF

monochromatic

#DEDE33 #E6E667 #EFEF9C #F8F8D1 #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#EFEF9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.50

#EFEF9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEF9C

17.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEF9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEF9C	1.00	1.20	17.50	17.50
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEC9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE5DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efef9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 239, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.104 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f4ba',
    500: '#efef9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efef9c;
$custom-light: #f5f4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efef9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93357,
    "c": 0.10422,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.82484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEF9C

secondary

#6363CC

accent

#11D411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEF9C

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

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