#EFE696#EFE696

#EFE696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.101 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE696
RGB	rgb(239, 230, 150)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(54, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.39, -8.34, 40.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.39, 40.95, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(91.43% -0.0221 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(91.43% 0.101 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.3995, 77.1481, 40.0835)
Luminance	0.7715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE696 #969FEF

analogous

#EFBA96 #EFE696 #CCEF96

triadic

#EFE696 #96EFE6 #E696EF

tetradic

#EFE696 #96EFBA #969FEF #EF96CC

square

#EFE696 #96EFBA #969FEF #EF96CC

split-complementary

#EFE696 #96CCEF #BA96EF

monochromatic

#DFCD2C #E7D961 #EFE696 #F7F3CB #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#EFE696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE696

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE696	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 230, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.101 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edb6',
    500: '#efe696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe696;
$custom-light: #f5edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.933,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91425,
    "c": 0.10091,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE696

secondary

#5E69CB

accent

#24D610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE696

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

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