#EFE699#EFE699

#EFE699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.098 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE699
RGB	rgb(239, 230, 153)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(54, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 36%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.43, -8.00, 38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.43, 39.47, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(91.48% -0.0209 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(91.48% 0.098 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.6442, 77.2460, 41.3721)
Luminance	0.7724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE699 #99A2EF

analogous

#EFBB99 #EFE699 #CDEF99

triadic

#EFE699 #99EFE6 #E699EF

tetradic

#EFE699 #99EFBB #99A2EF #EF99CD

square

#EFE699 #99EFBB #99A2EF #EF99CD

split-complementary

#EFE699 #99CDEF #BB99EF

monochromatic

#DECC2F #E7D964 #EFE699 #F7F3CE #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#EFE699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE699

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE699	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 230, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.098 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edb8',
    500: '#efe699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe699;
$custom-light: #f5edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.721,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91475,
    "c": 0.09753,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE699

secondary

#616CCC

accent

#25D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE699

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

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