#EFEC96#EFEC96

#EFEC96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.107 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEC96
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 150)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(58, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.93, -11.33, 42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.93, 43.57, 105.07°)
OKLab	oklab(92.65% -0.0307 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(92.65% 0.108 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.0980, 80.5452, 40.6497)
Luminance	0.8054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEC96 #9699EF

analogous

#EFC096 #EFEC96 #C6EF96

triadic

#EFEC96 #96EFEC #EC96EF

tetradic

#EFEC96 #96EFC0 #9699EF #EF96C6

square

#EFEC96 #96EFC0 #9699EF #EF96C6

split-complementary

#EFEC96 #96C6EF #C096EF

monochromatic

#DFD92C #E7E261 #EFEC96 #F7F6CB #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFEC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.11

#EFEC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEC96

17.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEC96	1.00	1.23	17.11	17.11
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efec96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.107 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2b6',
    500: '#efec96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efec96;
$custom-light: #f5f2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efec96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.978,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92645,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.80544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEC96

secondary

#5E62CB

accent

#17D610

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEC96

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

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