#EFE2A8#EFE2A8

#EFE2A8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.076 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE2A8
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 168)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(49, 30%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 29.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.66, -4.20, 30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.66, 30.31, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(90.94% -0.0092 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(90.94% 0.076 97)
XYZ	xyz(69.8614, 75.5723, 47.9450)
Luminance	0.7557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE2A8 #A8B5EF

analogous

#EFBFA8 #EFE2A8 #D9EFA8

triadic

#EFE2A8 #A8EFE2 #E2A8EF

tetradic

#EFE2A8 #A8EFBF #A8B5EF #EFA8D9

square

#EFE2A8 #A8EFBF #A8B5EF #EFA8D9

split-complementary

#EFE2A8 #A8D9EF #BFA8EF

monochromatic

#DCC041 #E5D174 #EFE2A8 #F9F3DC #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE2A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#EFE2A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE2A8

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE2A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE2A8	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDFA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E3AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe2a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.076 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebc2',
    500: '#efe2a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe2a8;
$custom-light: #f5ebc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe2a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90942,
    "c": 0.07594,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.75571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE2A8

secondary

#6F80CD

accent

#37D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE2A8

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

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