#EFEF9D#EFEF9D

#EFEF9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.103 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEF9D
RGB	rgb(239, 239, 157)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(60, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 34.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.80, -12.03, 39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.80, 41.51, 106.85°)
OKLab	oklab(93.37% -0.0323 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(93.37% 0.103 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.5496, 82.5194, 43.9978)
Luminance	0.8252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEF9D #9D9DEF

analogous

#EFC69D #EFEF9D #C6EF9D

triadic

#EFEF9D #9DEFEF #EF9DEF

tetradic

#EFEF9D #9DEFC6 #9D9DEF #EF9DC6

square

#EFEF9D #9DEFC6 #9D9DEF #EF9DC6

split-complementary

#EFEF9D #9DC6EF #C69DEF

monochromatic

#DEDE34 #E6E668 #EFEF9D #F8F8D2 #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#EFEF9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.50

#EFEF9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEF9D

17.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEF9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEF9D	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)

#FCE997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDECA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE5DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efef9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 239, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.103 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f4bb',
    500: '#efef9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efef9d;
$custom-light: #f5f4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efef9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93374,
    "c": 0.10309,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.82518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEF9D

secondary

#6464CC

accent

#12D412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEF9D

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

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