#EFE498#EFE498

#EFE498 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.097 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE498
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 152)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 36.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.91, -7.11, 38.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.91, 39.12, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(91.05% -0.0184 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(91.05% 0.097 101)
XYZ	xyz(69.0086, 76.1063, 40.7545)
Luminance	0.7611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE498 #98A3EF

analogous

#EFB998 #EFE498 #CFEF98

triadic

#EFE498 #98EFE4 #E498EF

tetradic

#EFE498 #98EFB9 #98A3EF #EF98CF

square

#EFE498 #98EFB9 #98A3EF #EF98CF

split-complementary

#EFE498 #98CFEF #B998EF

monochromatic

#DFC82E #E7D663 #EFE498 #F7F2CD #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EFE498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#EFE498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE498

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE498	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E49B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.097 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecb7',
    500: '#efe498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe498;
$custom-light: #f5ecb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.414,
    "s": 73.109,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91053,
    "c": 0.09657,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.76105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE498

secondary

#606DCC

accent

#29D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE498

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

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