#EFE198#EFE198

#EFE198 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.094 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE198
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 152)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 36.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.14, -5.60, 37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.14, 37.89, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(90.45% -0.0141 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(90.45% 0.094 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.1904, 74.4701, 40.4818)
Luminance	0.7447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE198 #98A6EF

analogous

#EFB698 #EFE198 #D2EF98

triadic

#EFE198 #98EFE1 #E198EF

tetradic

#EFE198 #98EFB6 #98A6EF #EF98D2

square

#EFE198 #98EFB6 #98A6EF #EF98D2

split-complementary

#EFE198 #98D2EF #B698EF

monochromatic

#DFC22E #E7D263 #EFE198 #F7F0CD #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EFE198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#EFE198 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE198

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE198	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)

#EFDD93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.094 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eab7',
    500: '#efe198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe198;
$custom-light: #f5eab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.345,
    "s": 73.109,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90448,
    "c": 0.09356,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE198

secondary

#6071CC

accent

#30D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE198

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

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