#EFE396#EFE396

#EFE396 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.098 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE396
RGB	rgb(239, 227, 150)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.62, -6.83, 39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.62, 39.69, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(90.82% -0.0178 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(90.82% 0.098 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.5718, 75.4928, 39.8076)
Luminance	0.7549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE396 #96A2EF

analogous

#EFB796 #EFE396 #CFEF96

triadic

#EFE396 #96EFE3 #E396EF

tetradic

#EFE396 #96EFB7 #96A2EF #EF96CF

square

#EFE396 #96EFB7 #96A2EF #EF96CF

split-complementary

#EFE396 #96CFEF #B796EF

monochromatic

#DFC72C #E7D561 #EFE396 #F7F1CB #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#EFE396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE396

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE396	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 227, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.098 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebb5',
    500: '#efe396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe396;
$custom-light: #f5ebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.91,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90817,
    "c": 0.09781,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE396

secondary

#5E6DCB

accent

#2BD610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE396

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

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