#EFE5AC#EFE5AC

#EFE5AC is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.074 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE5AC
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 172)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(51, 28%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 28%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.49, -5.21, 29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.49, 29.55, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(91.62% -0.012 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(91.62% 0.074 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.0627, 77.3694, 50.2121)
Luminance	0.7737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE5AC #ACB6EF

analogous

#EFC3AC #EFE5AC #D7EFAC

triadic

#EFE5AC #ACEFE5 #E5ACEF

tetradic

#EFE5AC #ACEFC3 #ACB6EF #EFACD7

square

#EFE5AC #ACEFC3 #ACB6EF #EFACD7

split-complementary

#EFE5AC #ACD7EF #C3ACEF

monochromatic

#DBC545 #E5D579 #EFE5AC #F9F5DF #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47

#EFE5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE5AC

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE5AC	1.00	1.27	16.47	16.47
#FFFFFF	1.27	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)

#F0E1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DDD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.074 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edc5',
    500: '#efe5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe5ac;
$custom-light: #f5edc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91622,
    "c": 0.07421,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE5AC

secondary

#7280CD

accent

#32D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE5AC

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

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