#EFE5B2#EFE5B2

#EFE5B2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.067 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE5B2
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 178)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(50, 26%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 25.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.60, -4.42, 26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.60, 26.53, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(91.74% -0.0096 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(91.74% 0.067 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.6520, 77.6051, 53.3156)
Luminance	0.7760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE5B2 #B2BCEF

analogous

#EFC7B2 #EFE5B2 #DBEFB2

triadic

#EFE5B2 #B2EFE5 #E5B2EF

tetradic

#EFE5B2 #B2EFC7 #B2BCEF #EFB2DB

square

#EFE5B2 #B2EFC7 #B2BCEF #EFB2DB

split-complementary

#EFE5B2 #B2DBEF #C7B2EF

monochromatic

#DAC34D #E4D47F #EFE5B2 #FAF6E5 #FAF6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.52

#EFE5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE5B2

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE5B2	1.00	1.27	16.52	16.52
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DED7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.067 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edc9',
    500: '#efe5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe5b2;
$custom-light: #f5edc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 65.591,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91742,
    "c": 0.06694,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE5B2

secondary

#7886CD

accent

#36CD18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE5B2

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

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