#EFE099#EFE099

#EFE099 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.091 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE099
RGB	rgb(239, 224, 153)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 36%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.91, -4.98, 36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.91, 36.99, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(90.26% -0.0122 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(90.26% 0.091 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.0031, 73.9639, 40.8251)
Luminance	0.7396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE099 #99A8EF

analogous

#EFB599 #EFE099 #D3EF99

triadic

#EFE099 #99EFE0 #E099EF

tetradic

#EFE099 #99EFB5 #99A8EF #EF99D3

square

#EFE099 #99EFB5 #99A8EF #EF99D3

split-complementary

#EFE099 #99D3EF #B599EF

monochromatic

#DEC02F #E7D064 #EFE099 #F7F0CE #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#EFE099 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE099

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE099	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 224, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.091 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e9b7',
    500: '#efe099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe099;
$custom-light: #f5e9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.535,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90264,
    "c": 0.09144,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE099

secondary

#6173CC

accent

#33D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE099

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

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