#EFE98A#EFE98A

#EFE98A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.117 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE98A
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 138)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 42.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.99, -11.10, 46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.99, 48.07, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(91.85% -0.031 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(91.85% 0.117 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.3243, 78.4653, 35.5333)
Luminance	0.7846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE98A #8A90EF

analogous

#EFB78A #EFE98A #C3EF8A

triadic

#EFE98A #8AEFE9 #E98AEF

tetradic

#EFE98A #8AEFB7 #8A90EF #EF8AC3

square

#EFE98A #8AEFB7 #8A90EF #EF8AC3

split-complementary

#EFE98A #8AC3EF #B78AEF

monochromatic

#E0D41F #E8DF54 #EFE98A #F6F3C0 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE98A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#EFE98A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE98A

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE98A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE98A	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE78E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe98a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.117 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efad',
    500: '#efe98a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe98a;
$custom-light: #f6efad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe98a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.436,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91847,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE98A

secondary

#535ACA

accent

#19D80D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE98A

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

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