#EFE99A#EFE99A

#EFE99A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.100 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE99A
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 154)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 35.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.22, -9.39, 39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.22, 40.28, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(92.1% -0.0249 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(92.1% 0.1 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.5692, 78.9632, 42.0896)
Luminance	0.7896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE99A #9AA0EF

analogous

#EFBF9A #EFE99A #CBEF9A

triadic

#EFE99A #9AEFE9 #E99AEF

tetradic

#EFE99A #9AEFBF #9AA0EF #EF9ACB

square

#EFE99A #9AEFBF #9AA0EF #EF9ACB

split-complementary

#EFE99A #9ACBEF #BF9AEF

monochromatic

#DED230 #E7DD65 #EFE99A #F7F5CF #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFE99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.79

#EFE99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE99A

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE99A	1.00	1.25	16.79	16.79
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.100 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efb8',
    500: '#efe99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe99a;
$custom-light: #f5efb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.765,
    "s": 72.65,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.921,
    "c": 0.09965,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE99A

secondary

#6269CC

accent

#1FD511

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE99A

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

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