#EFE4C3#EFE4C3

#EFE4C3 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.045 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE4C3
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 195)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(45, 18%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 18.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.68, -1.53, 17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.68, 17.54, 95.01°)
OKLab	oklab(91.91% -0.0014 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(91.91% 0.045 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(73.1899, 77.7789, 62.7764)
Luminance	0.7778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE4C3 #C3CEEF

analogous

#EFCEC3 #EFE4C3 #E4EFC3

triadic

#EFE4C3 #C3EFE4 #E4C3EF

tetradic

#EFE4C3 #C3EFCE #C3CEEF #EFC3E4

square

#EFE4C3 #C3EFCE #C3CEEF #EFC3E4

split-complementary

#EFE4C3 #C3E4EF #CEC3EF

monochromatic

#D5B962 #E2CE93 #EFE4C3 #F9F4E7 #F9F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE4C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#EFE4C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE4C3

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE4C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE4C3	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECE2C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE6C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe4c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.045 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ecd5',
    500: '#efe4c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe4c3;
$custom-light: #f4ecd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe4c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91914,
    "c": 0.04503,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE4C3

secondary

#899ACD

accent

#49C520

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFDFB

border

#D6D5D4

text

#171614

muted

#858483

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE4C3

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

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