#EFE599#EFE599

#EFE599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.096 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE599
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 36%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.18, -7.50, 38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.18, 39.04, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(91.27% -0.0195 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(91.27% 0.096 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.3667, 76.6910, 41.2796)
Luminance	0.7669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE599 #99A3EF

analogous

#EFBA99 #EFE599 #CEEF99

triadic

#EFE599 #99EFE5 #E599EF

tetradic

#EFE599 #99EFBA #99A3EF #EF99CE

square

#EFE599 #99EFBA #99A3EF #EF99CE

split-complementary

#EFE599 #99CEEF #BA99EF

monochromatic

#DECA2F #E7D864 #EFE599 #F7F2CE #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EFE599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.34

#EFE599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE599

16.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE599	1.00	1.29	16.34	16.34
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.096 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edb8',
    500: '#efe599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe599;
$custom-light: #f5edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91272,
    "c": 0.09647,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE599

secondary

#616DCC

accent

#27D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE599

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

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