#EFE98C#EFE98C

#EFE98C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.115 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE98C
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 140)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 41.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.02, -10.89, 45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.02, 47.11, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(91.88% -0.0302 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(91.88% 0.115 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.4704, 78.5237, 36.3029)
Luminance	0.7852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE98C #8C92EF

analogous

#EFB88C #EFE98C #C4EF8C

triadic

#EFE98C #8CEFE9 #E98CEF

tetradic

#EFE98C #8CEFB8 #8C92EF #EF8CC4

square

#EFE98C #8CEFB8 #8C92EF #EF8CC4

split-complementary

#EFE98C #8CC4EF #B88CEF

monochromatic

#E0D421 #E8DF56 #EFE98C #F6F3C2 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE98C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#EFE98C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE98C

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE98C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE98C	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)

#F8E385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe98c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.115 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efaf',
    500: '#efe98c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe98c;
$custom-light: #f6efaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe98c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91877,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE98C

secondary

#555CCB

accent

#1AD80E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE98C

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

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