#EFE897#EFE897

#EFE897 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.102 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE897
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 151)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(55, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 36.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.92, -9.23, 40.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.92, 41.32, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(91.85% -0.0246 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(91.85% 0.102 104)
XYZ	xyz(70.0401, 78.3000, 40.6960)
Luminance	0.7830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE897 #979EEF

analogous

#EFBC97 #EFE897 #CAEF97

triadic

#EFE897 #97EFE8 #E897EF

tetradic

#EFE897 #97EFBC #979EEF #EF97CA

square

#EFE897 #97EFBC #979EEF #EF97CA

split-complementary

#EFE897 #97CAEF #BC97EF

monochromatic

#DFD12D #E7DC62 #EFE897 #F7F4CC #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.66

#EFE897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE897

16.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE897	1.00	1.26	16.66	16.66
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.102 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efb6',
    500: '#efe897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe897;
$custom-light: #f5efb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.227,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91847,
    "c": 0.10194,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.78298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE897

secondary

#5F67CB

accent

#20D510

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE897

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

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