#EFE491#EFE491

#EFE491 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.104 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE491
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 145)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 39.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.81, -7.88, 41.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.81, 42.56, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(90.94% -0.0211 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(90.94% 0.104 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.4521, 75.8837, 37.8237)
Luminance	0.7588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE491 #919CEF

analogous

#EFB591 #EFE491 #CBEF91

triadic

#EFE491 #91EFE4 #E491EF

tetradic

#EFE491 #91EFB5 #919CEF #EF91CB

square

#EFE491 #91EFB5 #919CEF #EF91CB

split-complementary

#EFE491 #91CBEF #B591EF

monochromatic

#DFCA26 #E7D75C #EFE491 #F7F1C6 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#EFE491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE491

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE491	1.00	1.30	16.18	16.18
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.104 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecb2',
    500: '#efe491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe491;
$custom-light: #f5ecb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.979,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90938,
    "c": 0.10439,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE491

secondary

#5967CB

accent

#26D70F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE491

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

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