#EFE99E#EFE99E

#EFE99E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.095 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE99E
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 158)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(56, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 33.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.28, -8.93, 37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.28, 38.30, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(92.17% -0.0233 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(92.17% 0.095 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.9079, 79.0987, 43.8734)
Luminance	0.7910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE99E #9EA4EF

analogous

#EFC19E #EFE99E #CCEF9E

triadic

#EFE99E #9EEFE9 #E99EEF

tetradic

#EFE99E #9EEFC1 #9EA4EF #EF9ECC

square

#EFE99E #9EEFC1 #9EA4EF #EF9ECC

split-complementary

#EFE99E #9ECCEF #C19EEF

monochromatic

#DED135 #E6DD69 #EFE99E #F8F5D3 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFE99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.82

#EFE99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE99E

16.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE99E	1.00	1.25	16.82	16.82
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.095 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efbb',
    500: '#efe99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe99e;
$custom-light: #f5efbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92169,
    "c": 0.09506,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE99E

secondary

#656DCC

accent

#20D412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE99E

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

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