#EFE2A9#EFE2A9

#EFE2A9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.075 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE2A9
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 169)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(49, 29%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 29.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.68, -4.07, 29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.68, 29.81, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(90.96% -0.0088 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(90.96% 0.075 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.9550, 75.6097, 48.4375)
Luminance	0.7561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE2A9 #A9B6EF

analogous

#EFBFA9 #EFE2A9 #D9EFA9

triadic

#EFE2A9 #A9EFE2 #E2A9EF

tetradic

#EFE2A9 #A9EFBF #A9B6EF #EFA9D9

square

#EFE2A9 #A9EFBF #A9B6EF #EFA9D9

split-complementary

#EFE2A9 #A9D9EF #BFA9EF

monochromatic

#DCBF42 #E5D175 #EFE2A9 #F9F3DD #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE2A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#EFE2A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE2A9

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE2A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE2A9	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDFA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E4AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe2a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.075 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebc3',
    500: '#efe2a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe2a9;
$custom-light: #f5ebc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe2a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90962,
    "c": 0.07475,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE2A9

secondary

#7081CD

accent

#38D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE2A9

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

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