#EFE299#EFE299

#EFE299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.093 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE299
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 36%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.41, -5.99, 37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.41, 37.80, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(90.67% -0.0151 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(90.67% 0.093 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.5438, 75.0452, 41.0053)
Luminance	0.7504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE299 #99A6EF

analogous

#EFB799 #EFE299 #D1EF99

triadic

#EFE299 #99EFE2 #E299EF

tetradic

#EFE299 #99EFB7 #99A6EF #EF99D1

square

#EFE299 #99EFB7 #99A6EF #EF99D1

split-complementary

#EFE299 #99D1EF #B799EF

monochromatic

#DEC42F #E7D364 #EFE299 #F7F1CE #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EFE299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#EFE299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE299

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE299	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E39C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.093 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebb8',
    500: '#efe299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe299;
$custom-light: #f5ebb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.93,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90667,
    "c": 0.09341,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE299

secondary

#6171CC

accent

#2ED511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE299

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

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