#EFE49E#EFE49E

#EFE49E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.090 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE49E
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 158)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(52, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 33.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.00, -6.42, 35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.00, 36.14, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(91.16% -0.0161 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(91.16% 0.09 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.5124, 76.3079, 43.4083)
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

#EFE49E #9EA9EF

analogous

#EFBB9E #EFE49E #D1EF9E

triadic

#EFE49E #9EEFE4 #E49EEF

tetradic

#EFE49E #9EEFBB #9EA9EF #EF9ED1

square

#EFE49E #9EEFBB #9EA9EF #EF9ED1

split-complementary

#EFE49E #9ED1EF #BB9EEF

monochromatic

#DEC735 #E6D569 #EFE49E #F8F3D3 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EFE49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#EFE49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE49E

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE49E	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)

#F1E099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.090 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecbb',
    500: '#efe49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe49e;
$custom-light: #f5ecbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.852,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91158,
    "c": 0.0897,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE49E

secondary

#6573CC

accent

#2CD412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE49E

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

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