#EFEF9E#EFEF9E

#EFEF9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.826; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.102 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEF9E
RGB	rgb(239, 239, 158)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(60, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 33.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.82, -11.92, 39.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.82, 41.02, 106.89°)
OKLab	oklab(93.39% -0.0319 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(93.39% 0.102 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.6353, 82.5537, 44.4492)
Luminance	0.8255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEF9E #9E9EEF

analogous

#EFC69E #EFEF9E #C6EF9E

triadic

#EFEF9E #9EEFEF #EF9EEF

tetradic

#EFEF9E #9EEFC6 #9E9EEF #EF9EC6

square

#EFEF9E #9EEFC6 #9E9EEF #EF9EC6

split-complementary

#EFEF9E #9EC6EF #C69EEF

monochromatic

#DEDE35 #E6E669 #EFEF9E #F8F8D3 #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#EFEF9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.51

#EFEF9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEF9E

17.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEF9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEF9E	1.00	1.20	17.51	17.51
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDECA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE5DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efef9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 239, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.102 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f4bb',
    500: '#efef9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efef9e;
$custom-light: #f5f4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efef9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9339,
    "c": 0.10194,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.82552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEF9E

secondary

#6565CC

accent

#12D412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEF9E

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

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