#EFE493#EFE493

#EFE493 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.102 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE493
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 147)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 38.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.83, -7.66, 40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.83, 41.58, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(90.97% -0.0204 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(90.97% 0.102 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.6077, 75.9460, 38.6431)
Luminance	0.7594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE493 #939EEF

analogous

#EFB693 #EFE493 #CCEF93

triadic

#EFE493 #93EFE4 #E493EF

tetradic

#EFE493 #93EFB6 #939EEF #EF93CC

square

#EFE493 #93EFB6 #939EEF #EF93CC

split-complementary

#EFE493 #93CCEF #B693EF

monochromatic

#DFC928 #E7D75E #EFE493 #F7F1C8 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE493 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#EFE493 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE493

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE493	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE493	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe493;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.102 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecb3',
    500: '#efe493',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe493;
$custom-light: #f5ecb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe493",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.826,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9097,
    "c": 0.10218,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE493

secondary

#5B68CB

accent

#27D60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE493

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

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