#EFE799#EFE799

#EFE799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.099 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE799
RGB	rgb(239, 231, 153)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(54, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 36%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.69, -8.50, 38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.69, 39.90, 102.31°)
OKLab	oklab(91.68% -0.0224 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(91.68% 0.099 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.9233, 77.8041, 41.4651)
Luminance	0.7780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE799 #99A1EF

analogous

#EFBC99 #EFE799 #CCEF99

triadic

#EFE799 #99EFE7 #E799EF

tetradic

#EFE799 #99EFBC #99A1EF #EF99CC

square

#EFE799 #99EFBC #99A1EF #EF99CC

split-complementary

#EFE799 #99CCEF #BC99EF

monochromatic

#DECE2F #E7DB64 #EFE799 #F7F3CE #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#EFE799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE799

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE799	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 231, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.099 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eeb8',
    500: '#efe799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe799;
$custom-light: #f5eeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91677,
    "c": 0.0986,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE799

secondary

#616BCC

accent

#23D511

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE799

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

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