#EFEE96#EFEE96

#EFEE96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.817; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.110 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEE96
RGB	rgb(239, 238, 150)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.44, -12.32, 42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.44, 44.47, 106.08°)
OKLab	oklab(93.05% -0.0336 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(93.05% 0.11 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.6771, 81.7032, 40.8427)
Luminance	0.8170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEE96 #9697EF

analogous

#EFC296 #EFEE96 #C4EF96

triadic

#EFEE96 #96EFEE #EE96EF

tetradic

#EFEE96 #96EFC2 #9697EF #EF96C4

square

#EFEE96 #96EFC2 #9697EF #EF96C4

split-complementary

#EFEE96 #96C4EF #C296EF

monochromatic

#DFDD2C #E7E561 #EFEE96 #F7F7CB #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EFEE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.34

#EFEE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEE96

17.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEE96	1.00	1.21	17.34	17.34
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE78F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efee96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 238, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.110 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f3b6',
    500: '#efee96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efee96;
$custom-light: #f5f3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efee96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.326,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93054,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.81702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEE96

secondary

#5E5FCB

accent

#12D610

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEE96

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

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