#EFE296#EFE296

#EFE296 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.097 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE296
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.37, -6.33, 38.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.37, 39.28, 99.27°)
OKLab	oklab(90.62% -0.0163 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(90.62% 0.097 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.2991, 74.9473, 39.7167)
Luminance	0.7494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE296 #96A3EF

analogous

#EFB696 #EFE296 #D0EF96

triadic

#EFE296 #96EFE2 #E296EF

tetradic

#EFE296 #96EFB6 #96A3EF #EF96D0

square

#EFE296 #96EFB6 #96A3EF #EF96D0

split-complementary

#EFE296 #96D0EF #B696EF

monochromatic

#DFC52C #E7D361 #EFE296 #F7F1CB #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EFE296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#EFE296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE296

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE296	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.097 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebb5',
    500: '#efe296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe296;
$custom-light: #f5ebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.236,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90616,
    "c": 0.09681,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE296

secondary

#5E6ECB

accent

#2DD610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE296

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

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