#EFE297#EFE297

#EFE297 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.096 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE297
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 151)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 36.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.38, -6.22, 38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.38, 38.79, 99.22°)
OKLab	oklab(90.63% -0.0159 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(90.63% 0.096 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.3800, 74.9797, 40.1426)
Luminance	0.7498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE297 #97A4EF

analogous

#EFB697 #EFE297 #D0EF97

triadic

#EFE297 #97EFE2 #E297EF

tetradic

#EFE297 #97EFB6 #97A4EF #EF97D0

square

#EFE297 #97EFB6 #97A4EF #EF97D0

split-complementary

#EFE297 #97D0EF #B697EF

monochromatic

#DFC42D #E7D362 #EFE297 #F7F1CC #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EFE297 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#EFE297 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE297

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE297	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE297	1.00	1.31	16.00	16.00
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe297;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.096 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebb6',
    500: '#efe297',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe297;
$custom-light: #f5ebb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe297",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.136,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90633,
    "c": 0.09568,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE297

secondary

#5F6FCB

accent

#2DD510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE297

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

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