#EFE5A2#EFE5A2

#EFE5A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.086 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE5A2
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 162)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(52, 32%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 32.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.32, -6.45, 33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.32, 34.57, 100.76°)
OKLab	oklab(91.43% -0.016 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(91.43% 0.086 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.1382, 76.9996, 45.3431)
Luminance	0.7700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE5A2 #A2ACEF

analogous

#EFBEA2 #EFE5A2 #D2EFA2

triadic

#EFE5A2 #A2EFE5 #E5A2EF

tetradic

#EFE5A2 #A2EFBE #A2ACEF #EFA2D2

square

#EFE5A2 #A2EFBE #A2ACEF #EFA2D2

split-complementary

#EFE5A2 #A2D2EF #BEA2EF

monochromatic

#DDC83A #E6D66E #EFE5A2 #F8F4D6 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#EFE5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE5A2

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE5A2	1.00	1.28	16.40	16.40
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E19D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E5A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.086 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edbe',
    500: '#efe5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe5a2;
$custom-light: #f5edbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.208,
    "s": 70.642,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91432,
    "c": 0.08609,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE5A2

secondary

#6976CC

accent

#2CD313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE5A2

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

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