#EFE995#EFE995

#EFE995 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.105 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE995
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 149)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 38%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 37.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.14, -9.95, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.14, 42.73, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(92.02% -0.0268 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(92.02% 0.105 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.1614, 78.8001, 39.9419)
Luminance	0.7880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE995 #959BEF

analogous

#EFBC95 #EFE995 #C8EF95

triadic

#EFE995 #95EFE9 #E995EF

tetradic

#EFE995 #95EFBC #959BEF #EF95C8

square

#EFE995 #95EFBC #959BEF #EF95C8

split-complementary

#EFE995 #95C8EF #BC95EF

monochromatic

#DFD32B #E7DE60 #EFE995 #F7F4CA #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFE995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.76

#EFE995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE995

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE995	1.00	1.25	16.76	16.76
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E38F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.105 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efb5',
    500: '#efe995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe995;
$custom-light: #f5efb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92018,
    "c": 0.10527,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE995

secondary

#5D64CB

accent

#1DD610

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE995

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

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