#EFE998#EFE998

#EFE998 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.102 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE998
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 152)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 36.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.19, -9.62, 40.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.19, 41.26, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(92.07% -0.0256 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(92.07% 0.102 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.4040, 78.8972, 41.2196)
Luminance	0.7890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE998 #989EEF

analogous

#EFBE98 #EFE998 #CAEF98

triadic

#EFE998 #98EFE9 #E998EF

tetradic

#EFE998 #98EFBE #989EEF #EF98CA

square

#EFE998 #98EFBE #989EEF #EF98CA

split-complementary

#EFE998 #98CAEF #BE98EF

monochromatic

#DFD22E #E7DE63 #EFE998 #F7F4CD #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFE998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#EFE998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE998

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE998	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.102 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efb7',
    500: '#efe998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe998;
$custom-light: #f5efb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 73.109,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92067,
    "c": 0.1019,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE998

secondary

#6067CC

accent

#1ED510

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE998

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

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