#EFE197#EFE197

#EFE197 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.095 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE197
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 151)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(50, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 36.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.13, -5.71, 37.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.13, 38.38, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(90.43% -0.0145 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(90.43% 0.095 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.1089, 74.4374, 40.0522)
Luminance	0.7444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE197 #97A5EF

analogous

#EFB597 #EFE197 #D1EF97

triadic

#EFE197 #97EFE1 #E197EF

tetradic

#EFE197 #97EFB5 #97A5EF #EF97D1

square

#EFE197 #97EFB5 #97A5EF #EF97D1

split-complementary

#EFE197 #97D1EF #B597EF

monochromatic

#DFC22D #E7D262 #EFE197 #F7F0CC #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EFE197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#EFE197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE197

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE197	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E29A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.095 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eab6',
    500: '#efe197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe197;
$custom-light: #f5eab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90431,
    "c": 0.09468,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE197

secondary

#5F70CB

accent

#2FD510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE197

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

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