#EFEE9F#EFEE9F

#EFEE9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.820; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.100 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEE9F
RGB	rgb(239, 238, 159)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(59, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 33.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.58, -11.30, 38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.58, 40.07, 106.39°)
OKLab	oklab(93.2% -0.0301 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(93.2% 0.1 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.4298, 82.0043, 44.8071)
Luminance	0.8200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEE9F #9FA0EF

analogous

#EFC69F #EFEE9F #C8EF9F

triadic

#EFEE9F #9FEFEE #EE9FEF

tetradic

#EFEE9F #9FEFC6 #9FA0EF #EF9FC8

square

#EFEE9F #9FEFC6 #9FA0EF #EF9FC8

split-complementary

#EFEE9F #9FC8EF #C69FEF

monochromatic

#DEDB36 #E6E56B #EFEE9F #F8F7D3 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EFEE9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.40

#EFEE9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEE9F

17.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEE9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEE9F	1.00	1.21	17.40	17.40
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEBA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efee9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 238, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.100 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f3bc',
    500: '#efee9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efee9f;
$custom-light: #f5f3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efee9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.25,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93203,
    "c": 0.09963,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.82003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEE9F

secondary

#6667CC

accent

#14D312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEE9F

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

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