#EFEB99#EFEB99

#EFEB99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.103 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEB99
RGB	rgb(239, 235, 153)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(57, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 36%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.72, -10.50, 40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.72, 41.66, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(92.49% -0.0281 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(92.49% 0.103 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.0556, 80.0688, 41.8426)
Luminance	0.8007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEB99 #999DEF

analogous

#EFC099 #EFEB99 #C8EF99

triadic

#EFEB99 #99EFEB #EB99EF

tetradic

#EFEB99 #99EFC0 #999DEF #EF99C8

square

#EFEB99 #99EFC0 #999DEF #EF99C8

split-complementary

#EFEB99 #99C8EF #C099EF

monochromatic

#DED62F #E7E164 #EFEB99 #F7F5CE #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFEB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.01

#EFEB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEB99

17.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEB99	1.00	1.23	17.01	17.01
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efeb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 235, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.103 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f1b8',
    500: '#efeb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efeb99;
$custom-light: #f5f1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efeb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9249,
    "c": 0.10301,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEB99

secondary

#6166CC

accent

#1AD511

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEB99

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

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