#EFEB96#EFEB96

#EFEB96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.106 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEB96
RGB	rgb(239, 235, 150)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.67, -10.83, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.67, 43.13, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(92.44% -0.0293 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(92.44% 0.106 106)
XYZ	xyz(70.8109, 79.9710, 40.5540)
Luminance	0.7997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEB96 #969AEF

analogous

#EFBF96 #EFEB96 #C7EF96

triadic

#EFEB96 #96EFEB #EB96EF

tetradic

#EFEB96 #96EFBF #969AEF #EF96C7

square

#EFEB96 #96EFBF #969AEF #EF96C7

split-complementary

#EFEB96 #96C7EF #BF96EF

monochromatic

#DFD72C #E7E161 #EFEB96 #F7F5CB #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFEB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.99

#EFEB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEB96

16.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEB96	1.00	1.24	16.99	16.99
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efeb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 235, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.106 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f1b6',
    500: '#efeb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efeb96;
$custom-light: #f5f1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efeb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.303,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92441,
    "c": 0.10637,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.79969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEB96

secondary

#5E63CB

accent

#19D610

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEB96

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

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