#EFEC99#EFEC99

#EFEC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.104 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEC99
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 153)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 36%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.97, -11.00, 40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.97, 42.10, 105.14°)
OKLab	oklab(92.69% -0.0295 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(92.69% 0.104 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.3427, 80.6430, 41.9383)
Luminance	0.8064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEC99 #999CEF

analogous

#EFC199 #EFEC99 #C7EF99

triadic

#EFEC99 #99EFEC #EC99EF

tetradic

#EFEC99 #99EFC1 #999CEF #EF99C7

square

#EFEC99 #99EFC1 #999CEF #EF99C7

split-complementary

#EFEC99 #99C7EF #C199EF

monochromatic

#DED82F #E7E264 #EFEC99 #F7F6CE #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFEC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.13

#EFEC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEC99

17.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEC99	1.00	1.23	17.13	17.13
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efec99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.104 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2b8',
    500: '#efec99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efec99;
$custom-light: #f5f2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efec99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.907,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92694,
    "c": 0.10414,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEC99

secondary

#6164CC

accent

#17D511

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEC99

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

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