#EFEF96#EFEF96

#EFEF96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.823; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.111 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEF96
RGB	rgb(239, 239, 150)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(60, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.70, -12.81, 43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.70, 44.93, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(93.26% -0.035 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(93.26% 0.111 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.9690, 82.2871, 40.9400)
Luminance	0.8229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEF96 #9696EF

analogous

#EFC396 #EFEF96 #C3EF96

triadic

#EFEF96 #96EFEF #EF96EF

tetradic

#EFEF96 #96EFC3 #9696EF #EF96C3

square

#EFEF96 #96EFC3 #9696EF #EF96C3

split-complementary

#EFEF96 #96C3EF #C396EF

monochromatic

#DFDF2C #E7E761 #EFEF96 #F7F7CB #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#EFEF96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.46

#EFEF96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEF96

17.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEF96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEF96	1.00	1.20	17.46	17.46
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE88F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE5D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efef96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 239, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.111 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f4b6',
    500: '#efef96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efef96;
$custom-light: #f5f4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efef96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93259,
    "c": 0.11093,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.82286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEF96

secondary

#5E5ECB

accent

#10D610

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEF96

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

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