#EFEE9C#EFEE9C

#EFEE9C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.819; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.103 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEE9C
RGB	rgb(239, 238, 156)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 34.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.53, -11.65, 39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.53, 41.54, 106.29°)
OKLab	oklab(93.15% -0.0312 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(93.15% 0.103 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.1726, 81.9015, 43.4527)
Luminance	0.8190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEE9C #9C9DEF

analogous

#EFC49C #EFEE9C #C7EF9C

triadic

#EFEE9C #9CEFEE #EE9CEF

tetradic

#EFEE9C #9CEFC4 #9C9DEF #EF9CC7

square

#EFEE9C #9CEFC4 #9C9DEF #EF9CC7

split-complementary

#EFEE9C #9CC7EF #C49CEF

monochromatic

#DEDC33 #E6E567 #EFEE9C #F8F7D1 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EFEE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.38

#EFEE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEE9C

17.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEE9C	1.00	1.21	17.38	17.38
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEB9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE4D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efee9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 238, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.103 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f3ba',
    500: '#efee9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efee9c;
$custom-light: #f5f3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efee9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.277,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93152,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEE9C

secondary

#6365CC

accent

#14D411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEE9C

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

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