#EFE98B#EFE98B

#EFE98B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.116 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE98B
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 139)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 41.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.00, -11.00, 46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.00, 47.59, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(91.86% -0.0306 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(91.86% 0.116 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.3970, 78.4944, 35.9164)
Luminance	0.7849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE98B #8B91EF

analogous

#EFB78B #EFE98B #C3EF8B

triadic

#EFE98B #8BEFE9 #E98BEF

tetradic

#EFE98B #8BEFB7 #8B91EF #EF8BC3

square

#EFE98B #8BEFB7 #8B91EF #EF8BC3

split-complementary

#EFE98B #8BC3EF #B78BEF

monochromatic

#E0D51F #E8DF55 #EFE98B #F6F3C1 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE98B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#EFE98B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE98B

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE98B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE98B	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE78F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe98b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.116 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efae',
    500: '#efe98b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe98b;
$custom-light: #f6efae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe98b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91862,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE98B

secondary

#545BCA

accent

#1AD80E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE98B

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

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