#EFE99D#EFE99D

#EFE99D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.096 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE99D
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 157)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(56, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 34.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.26, -9.05, 37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.26, 38.79, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(92.15% -0.0237 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(92.15% 0.096 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.8221, 79.0644, 43.4219)
Luminance	0.7906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE99D #9DA3EF

analogous

#EFC09D #EFE99D #CCEF9D

triadic

#EFE99D #9DEFE9 #E99DEF

tetradic

#EFE99D #9DEFC0 #9DA3EF #EF9DCC

square

#EFE99D #9DEFC0 #9DA3EF #EF9DCC

split-complementary

#EFE99D #9DCCEF #C09DEF

monochromatic

#DED134 #E6DD68 #EFE99D #F8F5D2 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFE99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.81

#EFE99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE99D

16.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE99D	1.00	1.25	16.81	16.81
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.096 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efba',
    500: '#efe99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe99d;
$custom-light: #f5efba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92152,
    "c": 0.09622,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE99D

secondary

#646CCC

accent

#20D412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE99D

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

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