#EFE2A5#EFE2A5

#EFE2A5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.080 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE2A5
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 165)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(49, 31%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 31%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.61, -4.57, 31.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.61, 31.81, 98.26°)
OKLab	oklab(90.88% -0.0104 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(90.88% 0.08 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.5852, 75.4618, 46.4900)
Luminance	0.7546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE2A5 #A5B2EF

analogous

#EFBDA5 #EFE2A5 #D7EFA5

triadic

#EFE2A5 #A5EFE2 #E2A5EF

tetradic

#EFE2A5 #A5EFBD #A5B2EF #EFA5D7

square

#EFE2A5 #A5EFBD #A5B2EF #EFA5D7

split-complementary

#EFE2A5 #A5D7EF #BDA5EF

monochromatic

#DDC13D #E6D171 #EFE2A5 #F8F3D9 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE2A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#EFE2A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE2A5

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE2A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE2A5	1.00	1.30	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDEA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E3A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe2a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.080 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebc0',
    500: '#efe2a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe2a5;
$custom-light: #f5ebc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe2a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.459,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90884,
    "c": 0.0795,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE2A5

secondary

#6C7DCC

accent

#35D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE2A5

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

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