#EFE697#EFE697

#EFE697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.100 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE697
RGB	rgb(239, 230, 151)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(54, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 36.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.40, -8.23, 39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.40, 40.46, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(91.44% -0.0217 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(91.44% 0.1 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.4804, 77.1805, 40.5094)
Luminance	0.7718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE697 #97A0EF

analogous

#EFBA97 #EFE697 #CCEF97

triadic

#EFE697 #97EFE6 #E697EF

tetradic

#EFE697 #97EFBA #97A0EF #EF97CC

square

#EFE697 #97EFBA #97A0EF #EF97CC

split-complementary

#EFE697 #97CCEF #BA97EF

monochromatic

#DFCD2D #E7D962 #EFE697 #F7F3CC #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#EFE697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE697

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE697	1.00	1.28	16.44	16.44
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 230, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.100 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edb6',
    500: '#efe697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe697;
$custom-light: #f5edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.864,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91441,
    "c": 0.09979,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE697

secondary

#5F6ACB

accent

#24D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE697

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

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