#EFE6AB#EFE6AB

#EFE6AB is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.076 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE6AB
RGB	rgb(239, 230, 171)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(52, 28%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 28.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.73, -5.84, 29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.73, 30.48, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(91.8% -0.0138 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(91.8% 0.076 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.2445, 77.8861, 49.8007)
Luminance	0.7789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE6AB #ABB4EF

analogous

#EFC4AB #EFE6AB #D6EFAB

triadic

#EFE6AB #ABEFE6 #E6ABEF

tetradic

#EFE6AB #ABEFC4 #ABB4EF #EFABD6

square

#EFE6AB #ABEFC4 #ABB4EF #EFABD6

split-complementary

#EFE6AB #ABD6EF #C4ABEF

monochromatic

#DBC744 #E5D778 #EFE6AB #F9F5DE #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE6AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#EFE6AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE6AB

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE6AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE6AB	1.00	1.27	16.58	16.58
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E2A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe6ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 230, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.076 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edc4',
    500: '#efe6ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe6ab;
$custom-light: #f5edc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe6ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91803,
    "c": 0.07647,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE6AB

secondary

#717ECD

accent

#2ED016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE6AB

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

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