#EFE6CB#EFE6CB

#EFE6CB is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.037 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE6CB
RGB	rgb(239, 230, 203)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(45, 15%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 15.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.35, -1.35, 14.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.35, 14.32, 95.43°)
OKLab	oklab(92.5% -0.0011 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(92.5% 0.037 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.6722, 79.2572, 67.8528)
Luminance	0.7926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE6CB #CBD4EF

analogous

#EFD4CB #EFE6CB #E6EFCB

triadic

#EFE6CB #CBEFE6 #E6CBEF

tetradic

#EFE6CB #CBEFD4 #CBD4EF #EFCBE6

square

#EFE6CB #CBEFD4 #CBD4EF #EFCBE6

split-complementary

#EFE6CB #CBE6EF #D4CBEF

monochromatic

#D2B96D #E1D09C #EFE6CB #F8F4E8 #F8F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFE6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#EFE6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE6CB

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE6CB	1.00	1.25	16.85	16.85
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECE5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 230, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.037 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edda',
    500: '#efe6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe6cb;
$custom-light: #f4edda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 86.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92499,
    "c": 0.03697,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE6CB

secondary

#91A0CD

accent

#4CC025

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFDFB

border

#D6D5D4

text

#171615

muted

#858484

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE6CB

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

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