#EFE4AE#EFE4AE

#EFE4AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.071 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE4AE
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 174)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(50, 27%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 27.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.27, -4.44, 27.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.27, 28.12, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(91.46% -0.0098 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(91.46% 0.071 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.9804, 76.8950, 51.1393)
Luminance	0.7689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE4AE #AEB9EF

analogous

#EFC3AE #EFE4AE #D9EFAE

triadic

#EFE4AE #AEEFE4 #E4AEEF

tetradic

#EFE4AE #AEEFC3 #AEB9EF #EFAED9

square

#EFE4AE #AEEFC3 #AEB9EF #EFAED9

split-complementary

#EFE4AE #AED9EF #C3AEEF

monochromatic

#DBC248 #E5D37B #EFE4AE #F9F5E1 #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#EFE4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE4AE

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE4AE	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.071 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecc6',
    500: '#efe4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe4ae;
$custom-light: #f5ecc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91461,
    "c": 0.07077,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE4AE

secondary

#7483CD

accent

#36CF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE4AE

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

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