#EFE997#EFE997

#EFE997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.103 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE997
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 151)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 36.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.17, -9.73, 40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.17, 41.75, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(92.05% -0.026 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(92.05% 0.103 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.3224, 78.8645, 40.7901)
Luminance	0.7886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE997 #979DEF

analogous

#EFBD97 #EFE997 #C9EF97

triadic

#EFE997 #97EFE9 #E997EF

tetradic

#EFE997 #97EFBD #979DEF #EF97C9

square

#EFE997 #97EFBD #979DEF #EF97C9

split-complementary

#EFE997 #97C9EF #BD97EF

monochromatic

#DFD32D #E7DE62 #EFE997 #F7F4CC #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFE997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.77

#EFE997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE997

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE997	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)

#F6E391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.103 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efb6',
    500: '#efe997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe997;
$custom-light: #f5efb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9205,
    "c": 0.10303,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE997

secondary

#5F66CB

accent

#1ED510

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE997

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

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