#EFE4A3#EFE4A3

#EFE4A3 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.084 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE4A3
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 163)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 31.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.08, -5.83, 33.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.08, 33.64, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(91.25% -0.0141 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(91.25% 0.084 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.9516, 76.4835, 45.7211)
Luminance	0.7648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE4A3 #A3AEEF

analogous

#EFBEA3 #EFE4A3 #D4EFA3

triadic

#EFE4A3 #A3EFE4 #E4A3EF

tetradic

#EFE4A3 #A3EFBE #A3AEEF #EFA3D4

square

#EFE4A3 #A3EFBE #A3AEEF #EFA3D4

split-complementary

#EFE4A3 #A3D4EF #BEA3EF

monochromatic

#DDC53B #E6D56F #EFE4A3 #F8F3D7 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EFE4A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#EFE4A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE4A3

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE4A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE4A3	1.00	1.29	16.30	16.30
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E09F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E5A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe4a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.084 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecbe',
    500: '#efe4a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe4a3;
$custom-light: #f5ecbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe4a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.316,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91249,
    "c": 0.08387,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE4A3

secondary

#6A78CC

accent

#2FD213

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE4A3

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

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