#EFEE9E#EFEE9E

#EFEE9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.820; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.101 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEE9E
RGB	rgb(239, 238, 158)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(59, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 33.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.56, -11.42, 38.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.56, 40.56, 106.35°)
OKLab	oklab(93.19% -0.0305 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(93.19% 0.101 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.3434, 81.9698, 44.3519)
Luminance	0.8197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEE9E #9E9FEF

analogous

#EFC59E #EFEE9E #C8EF9E

triadic

#EFEE9E #9EEFEE #EE9EEF

tetradic

#EFEE9E #9EEFC5 #9E9FEF #EF9EC8

square

#EFEE9E #9EEFC5 #9E9FEF #EF9EC8

split-complementary

#EFEE9E #9EC8EF #C59EEF

monochromatic

#DEDC35 #E6E569 #EFEE9E #F8F7D3 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EFEE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.39

#EFEE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEE9E

17.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEE9E	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)

#FBE898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEBA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efee9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 238, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.101 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f3bb',
    500: '#efee9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efee9e;
$custom-light: #f5f3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efee9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.259,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93186,
    "c": 0.10077,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.81968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEE9E

secondary

#6566CC

accent

#14D412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEE9E

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

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