#EFE199#EFE199

#EFE199 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.092 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE199
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 153)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 36%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.16, -5.49, 36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.16, 37.39, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(90.47% -0.0137 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(90.47% 0.092 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.2727, 74.5030, 40.9149)
Luminance	0.7450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE199 #99A7EF

analogous

#EFB699 #EFE199 #D2EF99

triadic

#EFE199 #99EFE1 #E199EF

tetradic

#EFE199 #99EFB6 #99A7EF #EF99D2

square

#EFE199 #99EFB6 #99A7EF #EF99D2

split-complementary

#EFE199 #99D2EF #B699EF

monochromatic

#DEC22F #E7D164 #EFE199 #F7F1CE #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EFE199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#EFE199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE199

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE199	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.092 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eab7',
    500: '#efe199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe199;
$custom-light: #f5eab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90466,
    "c": 0.09242,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE199

secondary

#6172CC

accent

#31D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE199

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

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