#EFE398#EFE398

#EFE398 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.096 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE398
RGB	rgb(239, 227, 152)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 36.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.65, -6.61, 38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.65, 38.70, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(90.85% -0.017 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(90.85% 0.096 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.7343, 75.5577, 40.6630)
Luminance	0.7556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE398 #98A4EF

analogous

#EFB898 #EFE398 #D0EF98

triadic

#EFE398 #98EFE3 #E398EF

tetradic

#EFE398 #98EFB8 #98A4EF #EF98D0

square

#EFE398 #98EFB8 #98A4EF #EF98D0

split-complementary

#EFE398 #98D0EF #B898EF

monochromatic

#DFC62E #E7D563 #EFE398 #F7F1CD #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#EFE398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE398

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE398	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E49B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 227, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.096 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebb7',
    500: '#efe398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe398;
$custom-light: #f5ebb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 73.109,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90851,
    "c": 0.09554,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE398

secondary

#606FCC

accent

#2BD510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE398

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

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