#EFE98F#EFE98F

#EFE98F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.112 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE98F
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 143)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 40.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.06, -10.59, 44.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.06, 45.66, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(91.92% -0.0291 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(91.92% 0.112 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.6946, 78.6134, 37.4838)
Luminance	0.7861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE98F #8F95EF

analogous

#EFB98F #EFE98F #C5EF8F

triadic

#EFE98F #8FEFE9 #E98FEF

tetradic

#EFE98F #8FEFB9 #8F95EF #EF8FC5

square

#EFE98F #8FEFB9 #8F95EF #EF8FC5

split-complementary

#EFE98F #8FC5EF #B98FEF

monochromatic

#E0D424 #E7DE59 #EFE98F #F7F4C5 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE98F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#EFE98F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE98F

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE98F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE98F	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)

#F7E388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE793

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe98f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.112 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efb1',
    500: '#efe98f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe98f;
$custom-light: #f6efb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe98f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91923,
    "c": 0.11187,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE98F

secondary

#575FCB

accent

#1BD70E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE98F

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

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