#EFEA96#EFEA96

#EFEA96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.105 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEA96
RGB	rgb(239, 234, 150)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.42, -10.34, 41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.42, 42.68, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(92.24% -0.0279 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(92.24% 0.105 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.5254, 79.4000, 40.4588)
Luminance	0.7940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEA96 #969BEF

analogous

#EFBE96 #EFEA96 #C8EF96

triadic

#EFEA96 #96EFEA #EA96EF

tetradic

#EFEA96 #96EFBE #969BEF #EF96C8

square

#EFEA96 #96EFBE #969BEF #EF96C8

split-complementary

#EFEA96 #96C8EF #BE96EF

monochromatic

#DFD52C #E7DF61 #EFEA96 #F7F5CB #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFEA96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.88

#EFEA96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEA96

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEA96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEA96	1.00	1.24	16.88	16.88
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efea96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 234, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.105 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f0b6',
    500: '#efea96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efea96;
$custom-light: #f5f0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efea96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.629,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92237,
    "c": 0.10525,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEA96

secondary

#5E64CB

accent

#1BD610

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEA96

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

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