#EFE5AB#EFE5AB

#EFE5AB is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.075 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE5AB
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 171)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(51, 28%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 28.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.47, -5.34, 29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.47, 30.05, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(91.6% -0.0124 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(91.6% 0.075 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.9671, 77.3311, 49.7082)
Luminance	0.7733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE5AB #ABB5EF

analogous

#EFC3AB #EFE5AB #D7EFAB

triadic

#EFE5AB #ABEFE5 #E5ABEF

tetradic

#EFE5AB #ABEFC3 #ABB5EF #EFABD7

square

#EFE5AB #ABEFC3 #ABB5EF #EFABD7

split-complementary

#EFE5AB #ABD7EF #C3ABEF

monochromatic

#DBC544 #E5D578 #EFE5AB #F9F5DE #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47

#EFE5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE5AB

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE5AB	1.00	1.28	16.47	16.47
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DDD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.075 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edc4',
    500: '#efe5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe5ab;
$custom-light: #f5edc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91602,
    "c": 0.07542,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE5AB

secondary

#717FCD

accent

#31D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE5AB

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

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