#EFE494#EFE494

#EFE494 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.101 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE494
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 148)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 38.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.85, -7.55, 40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.85, 41.09, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.99% -0.02 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(90.99% 0.101 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.6865, 75.9775, 39.0581)
Luminance	0.7598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE494 #949FEF

analogous

#EFB694 #EFE494 #CCEF94

triadic

#EFE494 #94EFE4 #E494EF

tetradic

#EFE494 #94EFB6 #949FEF #EF94CC

square

#EFE494 #94EFB6 #949FEF #EF94CC

split-complementary

#EFE494 #94CCEF #B694EF

monochromatic

#DFC92A #E7D75F #EFE494 #F7F1C9 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#EFE494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE494

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE494	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.101 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecb4',
    500: '#efe494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe494;
$custom-light: #f5ecb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.747,
    "s": 73.984,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90986,
    "c": 0.10107,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE494

secondary

#5C69CB

accent

#27D60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE494

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

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