#EFE3AD#EFE3AD

#EFE3AD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.071 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE3AD
RGB	rgb(239, 227, 173)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(49, 28%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 27.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.00, -4.07, 27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.00, 28.21, 98.29°)
OKLab	oklab(91.24% -0.0087 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(91.24% 0.071 97)
XYZ	xyz(70.6089, 76.3076, 50.5364)
Luminance	0.7631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE3AD #ADB9EF

analogous

#EFC2AD #EFE3AD #DAEFAD

triadic

#EFE3AD #ADEFE3 #E3ADEF

tetradic

#EFE3AD #ADEFC2 #ADB9EF #EFADDA

square

#EFE3AD #ADEFC2 #ADB9EF #EFADDA

split-complementary

#EFE3AD #ADDAEF #C2ADEF

monochromatic

#DBC047 #E5D27A #EFE3AD #F9F4E0 #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EFE3AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#EFE3AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE3AD

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE3AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE3AD	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEE0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DBD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe3ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 227, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.071 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ebc5',
    500: '#efe3ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe3ad;
$custom-light: #f5ebc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe3ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91241,
    "c": 0.07097,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.76306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE3AD

secondary

#7384CD

accent

#38CF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE3AD

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

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