#EFE499#EFE499

#EFE499 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.095 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE499
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 153)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 36%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.92, -7.00, 37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.92, 38.62, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(91.07% -0.0181 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(91.07% 0.095 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.0908, 76.1392, 41.1876)
Luminance	0.7614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE499 #99A4EF

analogous

#EFB999 #EFE499 #CFEF99

triadic

#EFE499 #99EFE4 #E499EF

tetradic

#EFE499 #99EFB9 #99A4EF #EF99CF

square

#EFE499 #99EFB9 #99A4EF #EF99CF

split-complementary

#EFE499 #99CFEF #B999EF

monochromatic

#DEC82F #E7D664 #EFE499 #F7F2CE #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EFE499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#EFE499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE499

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE499	1.00	1.29	16.23	16.23
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E49C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.095 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecb8',
    500: '#efe499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe499;
$custom-light: #f5ecb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.326,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9107,
    "c": 0.09543,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE499

secondary

#616ECC

accent

#2AD511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE499

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

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