#EFE98E#EFE98E

#EFE98E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.113 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE98E
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 142)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(56, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 40.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.05, -10.69, 44.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.05, 46.14, 103.40°)
OKLab	oklab(91.91% -0.0295 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(91.91% 0.113 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.6192, 78.5833, 37.0867)
Luminance	0.7858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE98E #8E94EF

analogous

#EFB98E #EFE98E #C4EF8E

triadic

#EFE98E #8EEFE9 #E98EEF

tetradic

#EFE98E #8EEFB9 #8E94EF #EF8EC4

square

#EFE98E #8EEFB9 #8E94EF #EF8EC4

split-complementary

#EFE98E #8EC4EF #B98EEF

monochromatic

#E0D423 #E7DF58 #EFE98E #F7F3C4 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#EFE98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE98E

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE98E	1.00	1.26	16.72	16.72
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE792

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.113 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efb0',
    500: '#efe98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe98e;
$custom-light: #f6efb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.289,
    "s": 75.194,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91907,
    "c": 0.11295,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE98E

secondary

#565ECB

accent

#1BD70E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE98E

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

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