#EFE797#EFE797

#EFE797 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.101 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE797
RGB	rgb(239, 231, 151)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(55, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 36.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.66, -8.73, 39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.66, 40.88, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(91.64% -0.0232 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(91.64% 0.101 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.7595, 77.7386, 40.6024)
Luminance	0.7774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE797 #979FEF

analogous

#EFBB97 #EFE797 #CBEF97

triadic

#EFE797 #97EFE7 #E797EF

tetradic

#EFE797 #97EFBB #979FEF #EF97CB

square

#EFE797 #97EFBB #979FEF #EF97CB

split-complementary

#EFE797 #97CBEF #BB97EF

monochromatic

#DFCF2D #E7DB62 #EFE797 #F7F3CC #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#EFE797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE797

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE797	1.00	1.27	16.55	16.55
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 231, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.101 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eeb6',
    500: '#efe797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe797;
$custom-light: #f5eeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91644,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE797

secondary

#5F69CB

accent

#22D510

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE797

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

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