#EFE196#EFE196

#EFE196 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.096 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE196
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.11, -5.82, 38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.11, 38.88, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(90.41% -0.0149 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(90.41% 0.096 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.0280, 74.4051, 39.6264)
Luminance	0.7440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE196 #96A4EF

analogous

#EFB596 #EFE196 #D1EF96

triadic

#EFE196 #96EFE1 #E196EF

tetradic

#EFE196 #96EFB5 #96A4EF #EF96D1

square

#EFE196 #96EFB5 #96A4EF #EF96D1

split-complementary

#EFE196 #96D1EF #B596EF

monochromatic

#DFC32C #E7D261 #EFE196 #F7F0CB #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EFE196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#EFE196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE196

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE196	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.096 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eab5',
    500: '#efe196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe196;
$custom-light: #f5eab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.562,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90414,
    "c": 0.09581,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE196

secondary

#5E6FCB

accent

#2FD610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE196

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

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