#EFE597#EFE597

#EFE597 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.099 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE597
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 151)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 36.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.15, -7.73, 39.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.15, 40.03, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(91.24% -0.0203 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(91.24% 0.099 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.2029, 76.6255, 40.4169)
Luminance	0.7662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE597 #97A1EF

analogous

#EFB997 #EFE597 #CDEF97

triadic

#EFE597 #97EFE5 #E597EF

tetradic

#EFE597 #97EFB9 #97A1EF #EF97CD

square

#EFE597 #97EFB9 #97A1EF #EF97CD

split-complementary

#EFE597 #97CDEF #B997EF

monochromatic

#DFCA2D #E7D862 #EFE597 #F7F2CC #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EFE597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#EFE597 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE597

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE597	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)

#F3E091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.099 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edb6',
    500: '#efe597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe597;
$custom-light: #f5edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91239,
    "c": 0.09874,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE597

secondary

#5F6BCB

accent

#26D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE597

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

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