#EFEF97#EFEF97

#EFEF97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.823; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.110 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEF97
RGB	rgb(239, 239, 151)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(60, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 36.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.72, -12.70, 42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.72, 44.44, 106.61°)
OKLab	oklab(93.28% -0.0346 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(93.28% 0.11 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(72.0499, 82.3195, 41.3659)
Luminance	0.8232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEF97 #9797EF

analogous

#EFC397 #EFEF97 #C3EF97

triadic

#EFEF97 #97EFEF #EF97EF

tetradic

#EFEF97 #97EFC3 #9797EF #EF97C3

square

#EFEF97 #97EFC3 #9797EF #EF97C3

split-complementary

#EFEF97 #97C3EF #C397EF

monochromatic

#DFDF2D #E7E762 #EFEF97 #F7F7CC #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#EFEF97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.46

#EFEF97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEF97

17.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEF97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEF97	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)

#FCE890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEC9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE5D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efef97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 239, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.110 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f4b6',
    500: '#efef97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efef97;
$custom-light: #f5f4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efef97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93275,
    "c": 0.10983,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.82318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEF97

secondary

#5F5FCB

accent

#10D510

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEF97

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

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