#EFE6AE#EFE6AE

#EFE6AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.073 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE6AE
RGB	rgb(239, 230, 174)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(52, 27%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 27.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.78, -5.45, 28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.78, 28.97, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(91.86% -0.0127 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(91.86% 0.073 100)
XYZ	xyz(71.5337, 78.0018, 51.3238)
Luminance	0.7800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE6AE #AEB7EF

analogous

#EFC5AE #EFE6AE #D7EFAE

triadic

#EFE6AE #AEEFE6 #E6AEEF

tetradic

#EFE6AE #AEEFC5 #AEB7EF #EFAED7

square

#EFE6AE #AEEFC5 #AEB7EF #EFAED7

split-complementary

#EFE6AE #AED7EF #C5AEEF

monochromatic

#DBC648 #E5D67B #EFE6AE #F9F6E1 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#EFE6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE6AE

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE6AE	1.00	1.27	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DED7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 230, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.073 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edc6',
    500: '#efe6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe6ae;
$custom-light: #f5edc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91862,
    "c": 0.07286,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.78
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE6AE

secondary

#7481CD

accent

#30CF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE6AE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →