#EFE2A0#EFE2A0

#EFE2A0 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.085 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE2A0
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 160)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(50, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 33.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.53, -5.18, 33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.53, 34.31, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(90.79% -0.0124 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(90.79% 0.085 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.1390, 75.2833, 44.1400)
Luminance	0.7528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE2A0 #A0ADEF

analogous

#EFBAA0 #EFE2A0 #D4EFA0

triadic

#EFE2A0 #A0EFE2 #E2A0EF

tetradic

#EFE2A0 #A0EFBA #A0ADEF #EFA0D4

square

#EFE2A0 #A0EFBA #A0ADEF #EFA0D4

split-complementary

#EFE2A0 #A0D4EF #BAA0EF

monochromatic

#DDC237 #E6D26C #EFE2A0 #F8F2D4 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EFE2A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#EFE2A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE2A0

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE2A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE2A0	1.00	1.31	16.06	16.06
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDE9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E3A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe2a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.085 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebbc',
    500: '#efe2a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe2a0;
$custom-light: #f5ebbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe2a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.127,
    "s": 71.171,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90791,
    "c": 0.08535,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE2A0

secondary

#6778CC

accent

#32D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE2A0

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

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