#EFE298#EFE298

#EFE298 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.095 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE298
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 152)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 36.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.40, -6.10, 37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.40, 38.29, 99.17°)
OKLab	oklab(90.65% -0.0155 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(90.65% 0.095 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.4615, 75.0123, 40.5721)
Luminance	0.7501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE298 #98A5EF

analogous

#EFB798 #EFE298 #D1EF98

triadic

#EFE298 #98EFE2 #E298EF

tetradic

#EFE298 #98EFB7 #98A5EF #EF98D1

square

#EFE298 #98EFB7 #98A5EF #EF98D1

split-complementary

#EFE298 #98D1EF #B798EF

monochromatic

#DFC42E #E7D363 #EFE298 #F7F1CD #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EFE298 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#EFE298 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE298

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE298	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE298	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)

#F0DE93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe298;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.095 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebb7',
    500: '#efe298',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe298;
$custom-light: #f5ebb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe298",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.034,
    "s": 73.109,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9065,
    "c": 0.09455,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE298

secondary

#6070CC

accent

#2ED510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE298

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

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