#EFEF9F#EFEF9F

#EFEF9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.826; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.101 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEF9F
RGB	rgb(239, 239, 159)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(60, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 33.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.83, -11.80, 38.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.83, 40.53, 106.93°)
OKLab	oklab(93.41% -0.0315 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(93.41% 0.101 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.7218, 82.5882, 44.9044)
Luminance	0.8259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEF9F #9F9FEF

analogous

#EFC79F #EFEF9F #C7EF9F

triadic

#EFEF9F #9FEFEF #EF9FEF

tetradic

#EFEF9F #9FEFC7 #9F9FEF #EF9FC7

square

#EFEF9F #9FEFC7 #9F9FEF #EF9FC7

split-complementary

#EFEF9F #9FC7EF #C79FEF

monochromatic

#DEDE36 #E6E66B #EFEF9F #F8F8D3 #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#EFEF9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.52

#EFEF9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEF9F

17.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEF9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEF9F	1.00	1.20	17.52	17.52
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDECA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE5DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efef9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 239, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.101 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f4bc',
    500: '#efef9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efef9f;
$custom-light: #f5f4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efef9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93407,
    "c": 0.1008,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.82587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEF9F

secondary

#6666CC

accent

#12D312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEF9F

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

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