#EFE495#EFE495

#EFE495 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.100 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE495
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 149)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 37.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.86, -7.44, 39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.86, 40.60, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(91% -0.0196 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(91% 0.1 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.7660, 76.0093, 39.4768)
Luminance	0.7601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE495 #95A0EF

analogous

#EFB795 #EFE495 #CDEF95

triadic

#EFE495 #95EFE4 #E495EF

tetradic

#EFE495 #95EFB7 #95A0EF #EF95CD

square

#EFE495 #95EFB7 #95A0EF #EF95CD

split-complementary

#EFE495 #95CDEF #B795EF

monochromatic

#DFC92B #E7D660 #EFE495 #F7F2CA #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#EFE495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE495

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE495	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)

#F2DF8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.100 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecb5',
    500: '#efe495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe495;
$custom-light: #f5ecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.667,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91003,
    "c": 0.09995,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE495

secondary

#5D6ACB

accent

#28D610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE495

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

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