#EFE98D#EFE98D

#EFE98D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.114 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE98D
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 141)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(56, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 41%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.03, -10.79, 45.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.03, 46.63, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(91.89% -0.0298 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(91.89% 0.114 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.5445, 78.5534, 36.6930)
Luminance	0.7855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE98D #8D93EF

analogous

#EFB88D #EFE98D #C4EF8D

triadic

#EFE98D #8DEFE9 #E98DEF

tetradic

#EFE98D #8DEFB8 #8D93EF #EF8DC4

square

#EFE98D #8DEFB8 #8D93EF #EF8DC4

split-complementary

#EFE98D #8DC4EF #B88DEF

monochromatic

#E0D422 #E7DF57 #EFE98D #F7F3C3 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE98D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.71

#EFE98D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE98D

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE98D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE98D	1.00	1.26	16.71	16.71
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE791

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe98d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.114 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efaf',
    500: '#efe98d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe98d;
$custom-light: #f6efaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe98d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.327,
    "s": 75.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91892,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE98D

secondary

#565DCB

accent

#1AD80E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE98D

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

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