#EFEC97#EFEC97

#EFEC97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.106 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEC97
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 151)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(58, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 36.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.94, -11.22, 41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.94, 43.08, 105.09°)
OKLab	oklab(92.66% -0.0303 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(92.66% 0.106 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.1789, 80.5775, 41.0756)
Luminance	0.8058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEC97 #979AEF

analogous

#EFC097 #EFEC97 #C6EF97

triadic

#EFEC97 #97EFEC #EC97EF

tetradic

#EFEC97 #97EFC0 #979AEF #EF97C6

square

#EFEC97 #97EFC0 #979AEF #EF97C6

split-complementary

#EFEC97 #97C6EF #C097EF

monochromatic

#DFD92D #E7E262 #EFEC97 #F7F6CC #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFEC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.12

#EFEC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEC97

17.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEC97	1.00	1.23	17.12	17.12
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efec97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.106 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2b6',
    500: '#efec97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efec97;
$custom-light: #f5f2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efec97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.955,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92662,
    "c": 0.10638,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.80576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEC97

secondary

#5F62CB

accent

#17D510

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEC97

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

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