#EFE5AF#EFE5AF

#EFE5AF is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.071 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE5AF
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 175)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(51, 27%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 26.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.54, -4.82, 27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.54, 28.04, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(91.68% -0.0108 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(91.68% 0.071 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.3541, 77.4860, 51.7466)
Luminance	0.7748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE5AF #AFB9EF

analogous

#EFC5AF #EFE5AF #D9EFAF

triadic

#EFE5AF #AFEFE5 #E5AFEF

tetradic

#EFE5AF #AFEFC5 #AFB9EF #EFAFD9

square

#EFE5AF #AFEFC5 #AFB9EF #EFAFD9

split-complementary

#EFE5AF #AFD9EF #C5AFEF

monochromatic

#DBC449 #E5D47C #EFE5AF #F9F6E2 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE5AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#EFE5AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE5AF

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE5AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE5AF	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E6B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe5af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.071 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edc7',
    500: '#efe5af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe5af;
$custom-light: #f5edc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe5af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91681,
    "c": 0.07059,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE5AF

secondary

#7583CD

accent

#34CF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE5AF

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

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