#EFEE97#EFEE97

#EFEE97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.817; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.109 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEE97
RGB	rgb(239, 238, 151)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 36.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.46, -12.21, 42.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.46, 43.99, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(93.07% -0.0332 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(93.07% 0.109 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.7579, 81.7356, 41.2686)
Luminance	0.8173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEE97 #9798EF

analogous

#EFC297 #EFEE97 #C4EF97

triadic

#EFEE97 #97EFEE #EE97EF

tetradic

#EFEE97 #97EFC2 #9798EF #EF97C4

square

#EFEE97 #97EFC2 #9798EF #EF97C4

split-complementary

#EFEE97 #97C4EF #C297EF

monochromatic

#DFDD2D #E7E562 #EFEE97 #F7F7CC #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EFEE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.35

#EFEE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEE97

17.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEE97	1.00	1.21	17.35	17.35
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efee97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 238, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.109 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f3b6',
    500: '#efee97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efee97;
$custom-light: #f5f3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efee97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.318,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9307,
    "c": 0.10866,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.81734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEE97

secondary

#5F60CB

accent

#12D510

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEE97

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

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