#EFE896#EFE896

#EFE896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.103 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE896
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 150)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(55, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.90, -9.34, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.90, 41.81, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(91.83% -0.025 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(91.83% 0.103 104)
XYZ	xyz(69.9593, 78.2676, 40.2701)
Luminance	0.7827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE896 #969DEF

analogous

#EFBC96 #EFE896 #CAEF96

triadic

#EFE896 #96EFE8 #E896EF

tetradic

#EFE896 #96EFBC #969DEF #EF96CA

square

#EFE896 #96EFBC #969DEF #EF96CA

split-complementary

#EFE896 #96CAEF #BC96EF

monochromatic

#DFD12C #E7DC61 #EFE896 #F7F4CB #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#EFE896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE896

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE896	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.103 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efb6',
    500: '#efe896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe896;
$custom-light: #f5efb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.281,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9183,
    "c": 0.10306,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.78266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE896

secondary

#5E66CB

accent

#1FD610

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE896

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

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