#EFE4A4#EFE4A4

#EFE4A4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.083 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE4A4
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 164)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 31%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 31.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.10, -5.71, 32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.10, 33.14, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(91.27% -0.0137 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(91.27% 0.083 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.0415, 76.5195, 46.1949)
Luminance	0.7652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE4A4 #A4AFEF

analogous

#EFBFA4 #EFE4A4 #D5EFA4

triadic

#EFE4A4 #A4EFE4 #E4A4EF

tetradic

#EFE4A4 #A4EFBF #A4AFEF #EFA4D5

square

#EFE4A4 #A4EFBF #A4AFEF #EFA4D5

split-complementary

#EFE4A4 #A4D5EF #BFA4EF

monochromatic

#DDC53C #E6D570 #EFE4A4 #F8F3D8 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EFE4A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#EFE4A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE4A4

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE4A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE4A4	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)

#F0E0A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E5A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe4a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.083 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecbf',
    500: '#efe4a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe4a4;
$custom-light: #f5ecbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe4a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.2,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91267,
    "c": 0.0827,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE4A4

secondary

#6B79CC

accent

#2FD213

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE4A4

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

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