#EFE48C#EFE48C

#EFE48C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.110 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE48C
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 140)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 41.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.74, -8.40, 44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.74, 45.00, 100.76°)
OKLab	oklab(90.86% -0.023 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(90.86% 0.11 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.0750, 75.7329, 35.8378)
Luminance	0.7573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE48C #8C97EF

analogous

#EFB38C #EFE48C #C9EF8C

triadic

#EFE48C #8CEFE4 #E48CEF

tetradic

#EFE48C #8CEFB3 #8C97EF #EF8CC9

square

#EFE48C #8CEFB3 #8C97EF #EF8CC9

split-complementary

#EFE48C #8CC9EF #B38CEF

monochromatic

#E0CB21 #E8D756 #EFE48C #F6F1C2 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE48C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15

#EFE48C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE48C

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE48C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE48C	1.00	1.30	16.15	16.15
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DF85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe48c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.110 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ecaf',
    500: '#efe48c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe48c;
$custom-light: #f6ecaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe48c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 75.573,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90859,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE48C

secondary

#5562CB

accent

#24D80E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE48C

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

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