#EFE996#EFE996

#EFE996 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.104 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE996
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.16, -9.84, 41.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.16, 42.24, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(92.03% -0.0264 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(92.03% 0.104 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.2416, 78.8322, 40.3642)
Luminance	0.7883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE996 #969CEF

analogous

#EFBD96 #EFE996 #C9EF96

triadic

#EFE996 #96EFE9 #E996EF

tetradic

#EFE996 #96EFBD #969CEF #EF96C9

square

#EFE996 #96EFBD #969CEF #EF96C9

split-complementary

#EFE996 #96C9EF #BD96EF

monochromatic

#DFD32C #E7DE61 #EFE996 #F7F4CB #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFE996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.77

#EFE996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE996

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE996	1.00	1.25	16.77	16.77
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.104 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efb6',
    500: '#efe996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe996;
$custom-light: #f5efb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.955,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92034,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE996

secondary

#5E65CB

accent

#1DD610

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE996

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

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