#EFE899#EFE899

#EFE899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.100 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE899
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 153)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 36%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.95, -9.00, 39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.95, 40.33, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(91.88% -0.0238 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(91.88% 0.1 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.2039, 78.3655, 41.5587)
Luminance	0.7836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE899 #99A0EF

analogous

#EFBD99 #EFE899 #CBEF99

triadic

#EFE899 #99EFE8 #E899EF

tetradic

#EFE899 #99EFBD #99A0EF #EF99CB

square

#EFE899 #99EFBD #99A0EF #EF99CB

split-complementary

#EFE899 #99CBEF #BD99EF

monochromatic

#DED02F #E7DC64 #EFE899 #F7F4CE #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#EFE899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE899

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE899	1.00	1.26	16.67	16.67
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.100 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efb8',
    500: '#efe899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe899;
$custom-light: #f5efb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.116,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9188,
    "c": 0.09968,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE899

secondary

#6169CC

accent

#21D511

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE899

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

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