#EFE598#EFE598

#EFE598 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.098 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE598
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 152)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 36.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.16, -7.61, 38.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.16, 39.54, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(91.26% -0.0199 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(91.26% 0.098 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.2844, 76.6581, 40.8464)
Luminance	0.7666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE598 #98A2EF

analogous

#EFBA98 #EFE598 #CEEF98

triadic

#EFE598 #98EFE5 #E598EF

tetradic

#EFE598 #98EFBA #98A2EF #EF98CE

square

#EFE598 #98EFBA #98A2EF #EF98CE

split-complementary

#EFE598 #98CEEF #BA98EF

monochromatic

#DFCA2E #E7D863 #EFE598 #F7F2CD #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EFE598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#EFE598 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE598

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE598	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.098 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edb7',
    500: '#efe598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe598;
$custom-light: #f5edb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.103,
    "s": 73.109,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91255,
    "c": 0.09761,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE598

secondary

#606CCC

accent

#27D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE598

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

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