#EFE2A6#EFE2A6

#EFE2A6 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.078 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE2A6
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 166)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(49, 31%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 30.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.63, -4.45, 30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.63, 31.31, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(90.9% -0.01 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(90.9% 0.078 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.6766, 75.4983, 46.9712)
Luminance	0.7550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE2A6 #A6B3EF

analogous

#EFBEA6 #EFE2A6 #D8EFA6

triadic

#EFE2A6 #A6EFE2 #E2A6EF

tetradic

#EFE2A6 #A6EFBE #A6B3EF #EFA6D8

square

#EFE2A6 #A6EFBE #A6B3EF #EFA6D8

split-complementary

#EFE2A6 #A6D8EF #BEA6EF

monochromatic

#DCC03E #E6D172 #EFE2A6 #F8F3DA #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE2A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#EFE2A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE2A6

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE2A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE2A6	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDFA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E3A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe2a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.078 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebc1',
    500: '#efe2a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe2a6;
$custom-light: #f5ebc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe2a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90904,
    "c": 0.07831,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE2A6

secondary

#6D7ECC

accent

#36D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE2A6

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

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