#EFE49B#EFE49B

#EFE49B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.093 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE49B
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 155)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 35.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.95, -6.77, 37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.95, 37.63, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(91.11% -0.0173 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(91.11% 0.093 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.2574, 76.2058, 42.0649)
Luminance	0.7620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE49B #9BA6EF

analogous

#EFBA9B #EFE49B #D0EF9B

triadic

#EFE49B #9BEFE4 #E49BEF

tetradic

#EFE49B #9BEFBA #9BA6EF #EF9BD0

square

#EFE49B #9BEFBA #9BA6EF #EF9BD0

split-complementary

#EFE49B #9BD0EF #BA9BEF

monochromatic

#DEC831 #E7D666 #EFE49B #F7F2D0 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EFE49B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#EFE49B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE49B

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE49B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE49B	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E49E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe49b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.093 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecb9',
    500: '#efe49b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe49b;
$custom-light: #f5ecb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe49b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.143,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91105,
    "c": 0.09316,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE49B

secondary

#6270CC

accent

#2BD411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE49B

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

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