#EFED96#EFED96

#EFED96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.811; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.109 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFED96
RGB	rgb(239, 237, 150)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.19, -11.82, 42.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.19, 44.02, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(92.85% -0.0321 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(92.85% 0.109 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.3867, 81.1226, 40.7459)
Luminance	0.8112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFED96 #9698EF

analogous

#EFC196 #EFED96 #C5EF96

triadic

#EFED96 #96EFED #ED96EF

tetradic

#EFED96 #96EFC1 #9698EF #EF96C5

square

#EFED96 #96EFC1 #9698EF #EF96C5

split-complementary

#EFED96 #96C5EF #C196EF

monochromatic

#DFDB2C #E7E461 #EFED96 #F7F6CB #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EFED96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.22

#EFED96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFED96

17.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFED96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFED96	1.00	1.22	17.22	17.22
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE68F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efed96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 237, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.109 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2b6',
    500: '#efed96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efed96;
$custom-light: #f5f2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efed96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.652,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9285,
    "c": 0.10863,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.81121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFED96

secondary

#5E60CB

accent

#14D610

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFED96

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

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