#EFE4AD#EFE4AD

#EFE4AD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.072 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE4AD
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 173)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(50, 28%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 27.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.26, -4.57, 28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.26, 28.62, 99.19°)
OKLab	oklab(91.44% -0.0101 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(91.44% 0.072 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.8832, 76.8562, 50.6278)
Luminance	0.7685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE4AD #ADB8EF

analogous

#EFC3AD #EFE4AD #D9EFAD

triadic

#EFE4AD #ADEFE4 #E4ADEF

tetradic

#EFE4AD #ADEFC3 #ADB8EF #EFADD9

square

#EFE4AD #ADEFC3 #ADB8EF #EFADD9

split-complementary

#EFE4AD #ADD9EF #C3ADEF

monochromatic

#DBC247 #E5D37A #EFE4AD #F9F5E0 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#EFE4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE4AD

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE4AD	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE1A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DCD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.072 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecc5',
    500: '#efe4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe4ad;
$custom-light: #f5ecc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91441,
    "c": 0.07197,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE4AD

secondary

#7382CD

accent

#35CF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE4AD

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

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