#EFE4AF#EFE4AF

#EFE4AF is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.070 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE4AF
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 175)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(50, 27%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 26.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.29, -4.31, 27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.29, 27.62, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(91.48% -0.0094 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(91.48% 0.07 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.0782, 76.9342, 51.6546)
Luminance	0.7693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE4AF #AFBAEF

analogous

#EFC4AF #EFE4AF #DAEFAF

triadic

#EFE4AF #AFEFE4 #E4AFEF

tetradic

#EFE4AF #AFEFC4 #AFBAEF #EFAFDA

square

#EFE4AF #AFEFC4 #AFBAEF #EFAFDA

split-complementary

#EFE4AF #AFDAEF #C4AFEF

monochromatic

#DBC249 #E5D37C #EFE4AF #F9F5E2 #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#EFE4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE4AF

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE4AF	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE1AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.070 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecc7',
    500: '#efe4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe4af;
$custom-light: #f5ecc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91481,
    "c": 0.06956,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE4AF

secondary

#7584CD

accent

#37CF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE4AF

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

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