#EFE5AA#EFE5AA

#EFE5AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.077 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE5AA
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 170)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(51, 29%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 28.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.46, -5.46, 30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.46, 30.56, 100.30°)
OKLab	oklab(91.58% -0.0128 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(91.58% 0.077 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.8721, 77.2932, 49.2081)
Luminance	0.7729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE5AA #AAB4EF

analogous

#EFC2AA #EFE5AA #D7EFAA

triadic

#EFE5AA #AAEFE5 #E5AAEF

tetradic

#EFE5AA #AAEFC2 #AAB4EF #EFAAD7

square

#EFE5AA #AAEFC2 #AAB4EF #EFAAD7

split-complementary

#EFE5AA #AAD7EF #C2AAEF

monochromatic

#DCC543 #E5D576 #EFE5AA #F9F5DE #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#EFE5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE5AA

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE5AA	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E1A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.077 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edc3',
    500: '#efe5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe5aa;
$custom-light: #f5edc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91582,
    "c": 0.07662,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE5AA

secondary

#707ECD

accent

#30D015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE5AA

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

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