#EFE4A2#EFE4A2

#EFE4A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.085 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE4A2
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 162)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 32.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.07, -5.95, 33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.07, 34.14, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(91.23% -0.0145 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(91.23% 0.085 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.8623, 76.4478, 45.2511)
Luminance	0.7645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE4A2 #A2ADEF

analogous

#EFBDA2 #EFE4A2 #D3EFA2

triadic

#EFE4A2 #A2EFE4 #E4A2EF

tetradic

#EFE4A2 #A2EFBD #A2ADEF #EFA2D3

square

#EFE4A2 #A2EFBD #A2ADEF #EFA2D3

split-complementary

#EFE4A2 #A2D3EF #BDA2EF

monochromatic

#DDC63A #E6D56E #EFE4A2 #F8F3D6 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EFE4A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.29

#EFE4A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE4A2

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE4A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE4A2	1.00	1.29	16.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E5A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe4a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.085 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecbe',
    500: '#efe4a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe4a2;
$custom-light: #f5ecbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe4a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 70.642,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9123,
    "c": 0.08505,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE4A2

secondary

#6977CC

accent

#2ED313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE4A2

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

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