#EFE6AD#EFE6AD

#EFE6AD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.074 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE6AD
RGB	rgb(239, 230, 173)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(52, 28%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 27.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.76, -5.58, 28.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.76, 29.48, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(91.84% -0.0131 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(91.84% 0.074 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.4366, 77.9629, 50.8122)
Luminance	0.7796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE6AD #ADB6EF

analogous

#EFC5AD #EFE6AD #D7EFAD

triadic

#EFE6AD #ADEFE6 #E6ADEF

tetradic

#EFE6AD #ADEFC5 #ADB6EF #EFADD7

square

#EFE6AD #ADEFC5 #ADB6EF #EFADD7

split-complementary

#EFE6AD #ADD7EF #C5ADEF

monochromatic

#DBC747 #E5D67A #EFE6AD #F9F6E0 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE6AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#EFE6AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE6AD

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE6AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE6AD	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DED7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe6ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 230, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.074 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edc5',
    500: '#efe6ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe6ad;
$custom-light: #f5edc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe6ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91842,
    "c": 0.07406,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE6AD

secondary

#7380CD

accent

#2FCF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE6AD

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

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