#EFE496#EFE496

#EFE496 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.099 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE496
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.88, -7.33, 39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.88, 40.11, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(91.02% -0.0192 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(91.02% 0.099 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.8461, 76.0414, 39.8991)
Luminance	0.7604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE496 #96A1EF

analogous

#EFB896 #EFE496 #CEEF96

triadic

#EFE496 #96EFE4 #E496EF

tetradic

#EFE496 #96EFB8 #96A1EF #EF96CE

square

#EFE496 #96EFB8 #96A1EF #EF96CE

split-complementary

#EFE496 #96CEEF #B896EF

monochromatic

#DFC92C #E7D661 #EFE496 #F7F2CB #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#EFE496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE496

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE496	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.099 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecb5',
    500: '#efe496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe496;
$custom-light: #f5ecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.584,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9102,
    "c": 0.09883,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE496

secondary

#5E6BCB

accent

#28D610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE496

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

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