#EFE49C#EFE49C

#EFE49C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.092 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE49C
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 156)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 34.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.97, -6.66, 36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.97, 37.13, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(91.12% -0.0169 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(91.12% 0.092 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.3417, 76.2396, 42.5090)
Luminance	0.7624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE49C #9CA7EF

analogous

#EFBA9C #EFE49C #D1EF9C

triadic

#EFE49C #9CEFE4 #E49CEF

tetradic

#EFE49C #9CEFBA #9CA7EF #EF9CD1

square

#EFE49C #9CEFBA #9CA7EF #EF9CD1

split-complementary

#EFE49C #9CD1EF #BA9CEF

monochromatic

#DEC733 #E6D667 #EFE49C #F8F2D1 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EFE49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#EFE49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE49C

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE49C	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E49F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.092 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecba',
    500: '#efe49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe49c;
$custom-light: #f5ecba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.048,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91122,
    "c": 0.092,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE49C

secondary

#6371CC

accent

#2BD411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE49C

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

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