#EFEE9D#EFEE9D

#EFEE9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.819; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.102 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEE9D
RGB	rgb(239, 238, 157)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(59, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 34.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.55, -11.54, 39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.55, 41.05, 106.32°)
OKLab	oklab(93.17% -0.0308 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(93.17% 0.102 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.2577, 81.9355, 43.9004)
Luminance	0.8193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEE9D #9D9EEF

analogous

#EFC59D #EFEE9D #C7EF9D

triadic

#EFEE9D #9DEFEE #EE9DEF

tetradic

#EFEE9D #9DEFC5 #9D9EEF #EF9DC7

square

#EFEE9D #9DEFC5 #9D9EEF #EF9DC7

split-complementary

#EFEE9D #9DC7EF #C59DEF

monochromatic

#DEDC34 #E6E568 #EFEE9D #F8F7D2 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EFEE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.39

#EFEE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEE9D

17.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEE9D	1.00	1.21	17.39	17.39
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEBA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efee9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 238, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.102 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f3bb',
    500: '#efee9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efee9d;
$custom-light: #f5f3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efee9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.268,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93169,
    "c": 0.10191,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.81934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEE9D

secondary

#6466CC

accent

#14D412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEE9D

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

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