#EFE8A0#EFE8A0

#EFE8A0 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.092 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE8A0
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 160)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(55, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 33.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.05, -8.20, 35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.05, 36.86, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(92% -0.0211 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(92% 0.092 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.7991, 78.6036, 44.6933)
Luminance	0.7860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE8A0 #A0A7EF

analogous

#EFC0A0 #EFE8A0 #CEEFA0

triadic

#EFE8A0 #A0EFE8 #E8A0EF

tetradic

#EFE8A0 #A0EFC0 #A0A7EF #EFA0CE

square

#EFE8A0 #A0EFC0 #A0A7EF #EFA0CE

split-complementary

#EFE8A0 #A0CEEF #C0A0EF

monochromatic

#DDCF37 #E6DB6C #EFE8A0 #F8F5D4 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#EFE8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE8A0

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE8A0	1.00	1.26	16.72	16.72
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.092 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efbc',
    500: '#efe8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe8a0;
$custom-light: #f5efbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.684,
    "s": 71.171,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92001,
    "c": 0.09165,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE8A0

secondary

#6770CC

accent

#23D312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE8A0

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

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