#EFE2A1#EFE2A1

#EFE2A1 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.084 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE2A1
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 161)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(50, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 32.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.54, -5.06, 33.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.54, 33.81, 98.60°)
OKLab	oklab(90.81% -0.012 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(90.81% 0.084 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.2268, 75.3184, 44.6025)
Luminance	0.7532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE2A1 #A1AEEF

analogous

#EFBBA1 #EFE2A1 #D5EFA1

triadic

#EFE2A1 #A1EFE2 #E2A1EF

tetradic

#EFE2A1 #A1EFBB #A1AEEF #EFA1D5

square

#EFE2A1 #A1EFBB #A1AEEF #EFA1D5

split-complementary

#EFE2A1 #A1D5EF #BBA1EF

monochromatic

#DDC238 #E6D26D #EFE2A1 #F8F2D5 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EFE2A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#EFE2A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE2A1

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE2A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE2A1	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)

#EEDE9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E3A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe2a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.084 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebbd',
    500: '#efe2a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe2a1;
$custom-light: #f5ebbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe2a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9081,
    "c": 0.08419,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE2A1

secondary

#6879CC

accent

#33D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE2A1

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

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