#EFE6B2#EFE6B2

#EFE6B2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.068 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE6B2
RGB	rgb(239, 230, 178)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(51, 26%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 25.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.85, -4.93, 26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.85, 26.95, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(91.94% -0.0111 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(91.94% 0.068 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.9295, 78.1601, 53.4081)
Luminance	0.7816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE6B2 #B2BBEF

analogous

#EFC8B2 #EFE6B2 #DAEFB2

triadic

#EFE6B2 #B2EFE6 #E6B2EF

tetradic

#EFE6B2 #B2EFC8 #B2BBEF #EFB2DA

square

#EFE6B2 #B2EFC8 #B2BBEF #EFB2DA

split-complementary

#EFE6B2 #B2DAEF #C8B2EF

monochromatic

#DAC54D #E4D67F #EFE6B2 #FAF6E5 #FAF7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE6B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#EFE6B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE6B2

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE6B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE6B2	1.00	1.26	16.63	16.63
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe6b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 230, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.068 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edc9',
    500: '#efe6b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe6b2;
$custom-light: #f5edc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe6b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 65.591,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91943,
    "c": 0.068,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE6B2

secondary

#7885CD

accent

#33CD18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE6B2

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

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