#EFE397#EFE397

#EFE397 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.097 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE397
RGB	rgb(239, 227, 151)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 36.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.64, -6.72, 38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.64, 39.20, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(90.83% -0.0174 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(90.83% 0.097 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.6527, 75.5251, 40.2335)
Luminance	0.7552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE397 #97A3EF

analogous

#EFB797 #EFE397 #CFEF97

triadic

#EFE397 #97EFE3 #E397EF

tetradic

#EFE397 #97EFB7 #97A3EF #EF97CF

square

#EFE397 #97EFB7 #97A3EF #EF97CF

split-complementary

#EFE397 #97CFEF #B797EF

monochromatic

#DFC62D #E7D562 #EFE397 #F7F1CC #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#EFE397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE397

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE397	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)

#F1DE91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 227, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.097 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebb6',
    500: '#efe397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe397;
$custom-light: #f5ebb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90834,
    "c": 0.09668,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE397

secondary

#5F6ECB

accent

#2BD510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE397

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

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