#EFEFA9#EFEFA9

#EFEFA9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.829; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.089 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEFA9
RGB	rgb(239, 239, 169)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(60, 29%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 29.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.99, -10.60, 33.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.99, 35.58, 107.33°)
OKLab	oklab(93.59% -0.0276 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(93.59% 0.089 108)
XYZ	xyz(73.6249, 82.9495, 49.6608)
Luminance	0.8295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEFA9 #A9A9EF

analogous

#EFCCA9 #EFEFA9 #CCEFA9

triadic

#EFEFA9 #A9EFEF #EFA9EF

tetradic

#EFEFA9 #A9EFCC #A9A9EF #EFA9CC

square

#EFEFA9 #A9EFCC #A9A9EF #EFA9CC

split-complementary

#EFEFA9 #A9CCEF #CCA9EF

monochromatic

#DCDC42 #E5E575 #EFEFA9 #F9F9DD #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#EFEFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.59

#EFEFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEFA9

17.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEFA9	1.00	1.19	17.59	17.59
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE9A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCECAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E6DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efefa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 239, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.089 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f4c3',
    500: '#efefa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efefa9;
$custom-light: #f5f4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efefa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93585,
    "c": 0.08916,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.82948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEFA9

secondary

#7070CD

accent

#15D115

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEFA9

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

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