#EFE994#EFE994

#EFE994 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.106 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE994
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 148)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 38%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 38.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.13, -10.05, 42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.13, 43.22, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(92% -0.0272 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(92% 0.106 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.0819, 78.7683, 39.5233)
Luminance	0.7877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE994 #949AEF

analogous

#EFBB94 #EFE994 #C7EF94

triadic

#EFE994 #94EFE9 #E994EF

tetradic

#EFE994 #94EFBB #949AEF #EF94C7

square

#EFE994 #94EFBB #949AEF #EF94C7

split-complementary

#EFE994 #94C7EF #BB94EF

monochromatic

#DFD32A #E7DE5F #EFE994 #F7F4C9 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFE994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.75

#EFE994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE994

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE994	1.00	1.25	16.75	16.75
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E38E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.106 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efb4',
    500: '#efe994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe994;
$custom-light: #f5efb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.044,
    "s": 73.984,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92001,
    "c": 0.10638,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE994

secondary

#5C63CB

accent

#1CD60F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE994

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

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