#EFE497#EFE497

#EFE497 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.098 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE497
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 151)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 36.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.89, -7.22, 38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.89, 39.61, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(91.04% -0.0188 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(91.04% 0.098 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.9270, 76.0737, 40.3250)
Luminance	0.7607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE497 #97A2EF

analogous

#EFB897 #EFE497 #CEEF97

triadic

#EFE497 #97EFE4 #E497EF

tetradic

#EFE497 #97EFB8 #97A2EF #EF97CE

square

#EFE497 #97EFB8 #97A2EF #EF97CE

split-complementary

#EFE497 #97CEEF #B897EF

monochromatic

#DFC82D #E7D662 #EFE497 #F7F2CC #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#EFE497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE497

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE497	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)

#F2DF91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.098 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecb6',
    500: '#efe497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe497;
$custom-light: #f5ecb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91036,
    "c": 0.0977,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE497

secondary

#5F6CCB

accent

#29D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE497

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

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