#EFEE9B#EFEE9B

#EFEE9B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.819; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.104 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEE9B
RGB	rgb(239, 238, 155)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 35.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.52, -11.76, 40.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.52, 42.03, 106.25°)
OKLab	oklab(93.14% -0.0316 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(93.14% 0.104 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(72.0883, 81.8677, 43.0085)
Luminance	0.8187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEE9B #9B9CEF

analogous

#EFC49B #EFEE9B #C6EF9B

triadic

#EFEE9B #9BEFEE #EE9BEF

tetradic

#EFEE9B #9BEFC4 #9B9CEF #EF9BC6

square

#EFEE9B #9BEFC4 #9B9CEF #EF9BC6

split-complementary

#EFEE9B #9BC6EF #C49BEF

monochromatic

#DEDC31 #E7E566 #EFEE9B #F7F7D0 #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EFEE9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.37

#EFEE9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEE9B

17.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEE9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEE9B	1.00	1.21	17.37	17.37
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE4D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efee9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 238, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.104 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f3b9',
    500: '#efee9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efee9b;
$custom-light: #f5f3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efee9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.286,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93136,
    "c": 0.10418,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEE9B

secondary

#6264CC

accent

#13D411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEE9B

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

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