#EFE49F#EFE49F

#EFE49F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.089 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE49F
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 159)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(52, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 33.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.02, -6.31, 35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.02, 35.64, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(91.18% -0.0157 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(91.18% 0.089 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.5989, 76.3424, 43.8634)
Luminance	0.7634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE49F #9FAAEF

analogous

#EFBC9F #EFE49F #D2EF9F

triadic

#EFE49F #9FEFE4 #E49FEF

tetradic

#EFE49F #9FEFBC #9FAAEF #EF9FD2

square

#EFE49F #9FEFBC #9FAAEF #EF9FD2

split-complementary

#EFE49F #9FD2EF #BC9FEF

monochromatic

#DEC636 #E6D56B #EFE49F #F8F3D3 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EFE49F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.27

#EFE49F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE49F

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE49F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE49F	1.00	1.29	16.27	16.27
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E09A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E5A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe49f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.089 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecbc',
    500: '#efe49f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe49f;
$custom-light: #f5ecbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe49f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.75,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91176,
    "c": 0.08854,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE49F

secondary

#6674CC

accent

#2DD312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE49F

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

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