#EFE5AD#EFE5AD

#EFE5AD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.073 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE5AD
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 173)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(51, 28%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 27.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.51, -5.08, 28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.51, 29.05, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(91.64% -0.0116 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(91.64% 0.073 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.1591, 77.4080, 50.7198)
Luminance	0.7741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE5AD #ADB7EF

analogous

#EFC4AD #EFE5AD #D8EFAD

triadic

#EFE5AD #ADEFE5 #E5ADEF

tetradic

#EFE5AD #ADEFC4 #ADB7EF #EFADD8

square

#EFE5AD #ADEFC4 #ADB7EF #EFADD8

split-complementary

#EFE5AD #ADD8EF #C4ADEF

monochromatic

#DBC547 #E5D57A #EFE5AD #F9F5E0 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#EFE5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE5AD

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE5AD	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E1A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DDD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.073 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edc5',
    500: '#efe5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe5ad;
$custom-light: #f5edc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91641,
    "c": 0.07301,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE5AD

secondary

#7381CD

accent

#32CF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE5AD

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

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