#EFED99#EFED99

#EFED99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.812; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.105 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFED99
RGB	rgb(239, 237, 153)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(59, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 36%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.23, -11.49, 40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.23, 42.56, 105.67°)
OKLab	oklab(92.9% -0.031 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(92.9% 0.105 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.6314, 81.2205, 42.0345)
Luminance	0.8122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFED99 #999BEF

analogous

#EFC299 #EFED99 #C6EF99

triadic

#EFED99 #99EFED #ED99EF

tetradic

#EFED99 #99EFC2 #999BEF #EF99C6

square

#EFED99 #99EFC2 #999BEF #EF99C6

split-complementary

#EFED99 #99C6EF #C299EF

monochromatic

#DEDA2F #E7E464 #EFED99 #F7F6CE #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EFED99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.24

#EFED99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFED99

17.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFED99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFED99	1.00	1.22	17.24	17.24
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efed99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 237, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.105 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2b8',
    500: '#efed99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efed99;
$custom-light: #f5f2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efed99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92898,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.81219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFED99

secondary

#6163CC

accent

#15D511

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFED99

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

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