#EFE6AA#EFE6AA

#EFE6AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.078 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE6AA
RGB	rgb(239, 230, 170)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(52, 29%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 28.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.71, -5.97, 30.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.71, 30.99, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(91.78% -0.0142 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(91.78% 0.078 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.1496, 77.8481, 49.3006)
Luminance	0.7785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE6AA #AAB3EF

analogous

#EFC3AA #EFE6AA #D5EFAA

triadic

#EFE6AA #AAEFE6 #E6AAEF

tetradic

#EFE6AA #AAEFC3 #AAB3EF #EFAAD5

square

#EFE6AA #AAEFC3 #AAB3EF #EFAAD5

split-complementary

#EFE6AA #AAD5EF #C3AAEF

monochromatic

#DCC843 #E5D776 #EFE6AA #F9F5DE #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE6AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#EFE6AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE6AA

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE6AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE6AA	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe6aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 230, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.078 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edc3',
    500: '#efe6aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe6aa;
$custom-light: #f5edc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe6aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91783,
    "c": 0.07767,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE6AA

secondary

#707DCD

accent

#2ED015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE6AA

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

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