#EFE596#EFE596

#EFE596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.100 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE596
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.13, -7.84, 39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.13, 40.53, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(91.22% -0.0207 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(91.22% 0.1 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.1220, 76.5931, 39.9910)
Luminance	0.7659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE596 #96A0EF

analogous

#EFB996 #EFE596 #CDEF96

triadic

#EFE596 #96EFE5 #E596EF

tetradic

#EFE596 #96EFB9 #96A0EF #EF96CD

square

#EFE596 #96EFB9 #96A0EF #EF96CD

split-complementary

#EFE596 #96CDEF #B996EF

monochromatic

#DFCB2C #E7D861 #EFE596 #F7F2CB #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EFE596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#EFE596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE596

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE596	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.100 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edb6',
    500: '#efe596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe596;
$custom-light: #f5edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.258,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91222,
    "c": 0.09986,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE596

secondary

#5E6ACB

accent

#26D610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE596

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

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