#EFE4AC#EFE4AC

#EFE4AC is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.073 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE4AC
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 172)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(50, 28%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 28%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.24, -4.70, 28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.24, 29.13, 99.29°)
OKLab	oklab(91.42% -0.0105 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(91.42% 0.073 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.7868, 76.8176, 50.1201)
Luminance	0.7682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE4AC #ACB7EF

analogous

#EFC2AC #EFE4AC #D8EFAC

triadic

#EFE4AC #ACEFE4 #E4ACEF

tetradic

#EFE4AC #ACEFC2 #ACB7EF #EFACD8

square

#EFE4AC #ACEFC2 #ACB7EF #EFACD8

split-complementary

#EFE4AC #ACD8EF #C2ACEF

monochromatic

#DBC345 #E5D379 #EFE4AC #F9F5DF #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#EFE4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE4AC

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE4AC	1.00	1.28	16.36	16.36
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DCD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.073 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecc5',
    500: '#efe4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe4ac;
$custom-light: #f5ecc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91421,
    "c": 0.07317,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE4AC

secondary

#7281CD

accent

#34D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE4AC

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

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