#EFE49D#EFE49D

#EFE49D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.091 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE49D
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 157)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(52, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 34.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.99, -6.54, 36.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.99, 36.64, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(91.14% -0.0165 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(91.14% 0.091 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.4267, 76.2736, 42.9568)
Luminance	0.7627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE49D #9DA8EF

analogous

#EFBB9D #EFE49D #D1EF9D

triadic

#EFE49D #9DEFE4 #E49DEF

tetradic

#EFE49D #9DEFBB #9DA8EF #EF9DD1

square

#EFE49D #9DEFBB #9DA8EF #EF9DD1

split-complementary

#EFE49D #9DD1EF #BB9DEF

monochromatic

#DEC734 #E6D668 #EFE49D #F8F2D2 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EFE49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#EFE49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE49D

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE49D	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)

#F1E098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.091 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecba',
    500: '#efe49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe49d;
$custom-light: #f5ecba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.951,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9114,
    "c": 0.09086,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE49D

secondary

#6472CC

accent

#2CD412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE49D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →