#EFE3A6#EFE3A6

#EFE3A6 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.079 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE3A6
RGB	rgb(239, 227, 166)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(50, 31%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 30.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.88, -4.95, 31.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.88, 31.72, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(91.1% -0.0115 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(91.1% 0.079 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.9493, 76.0437, 47.0621)
Luminance	0.7604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE3A6 #A6B2EF

analogous

#EFBFA6 #EFE3A6 #D7EFA6

triadic

#EFE3A6 #A6EFE3 #E3A6EF

tetradic

#EFE3A6 #A6EFBF #A6B2EF #EFA6D7

square

#EFE3A6 #A6EFBF #A6B2EF #EFA6D7

split-complementary

#EFE3A6 #A6D7EF #BFA6EF

monochromatic

#DCC23E #E6D372 #EFE3A6 #F8F3DA #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE3A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#EFE3A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE3A6

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE3A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE3A6	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDFA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E4A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe3a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 227, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.079 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebc1',
    500: '#efe3a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe3a6;
$custom-light: #f5ebc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe3a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.137,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91104,
    "c": 0.07932,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE3A6

secondary

#6D7CCC

accent

#33D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE3A6

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

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