#EFE6A2#EFE6A2

#EFE6A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.087 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE6A2
RGB	rgb(239, 230, 162)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(53, 32%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 32.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.58, -6.96, 34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.58, 35.00, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(91.63% -0.0174 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(91.63% 0.087 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.4157, 77.5546, 45.4356)
Luminance	0.7755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE6A2 #A2ABEF

analogous

#EFBFA2 #EFE6A2 #D1EFA2

triadic

#EFE6A2 #A2EFE6 #E6A2EF

tetradic

#EFE6A2 #A2EFBF #A2ABEF #EFA2D1

square

#EFE6A2 #A2EFBF #A2ABEF #EFA2D1

split-complementary

#EFE6A2 #A2D1EF #BFA2EF

monochromatic

#DDCA3A #E6D86E #EFE6A2 #F8F4D6 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE6A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#EFE6A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE6A2

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE6A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE6A2	1.00	1.27	16.51	16.51
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E29D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E6A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe6a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 230, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.087 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edbe',
    500: '#efe6a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe6a2;
$custom-light: #f5edbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe6a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.987,
    "s": 70.642,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91633,
    "c": 0.08715,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE6A2

secondary

#6975CC

accent

#29D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE6A2

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

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