#EFE8A1#EFE8A1

#EFE8A1 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.090 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE8A1
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 161)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(55, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 32.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.07, -8.08, 35.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.07, 36.37, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(92.02% -0.0207 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(92.02% 0.09 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.8870, 78.6387, 45.1559)
Luminance	0.7864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE8A1 #A1A8EF

analogous

#EFC1A1 #EFE8A1 #CFEFA1

triadic

#EFE8A1 #A1EFE8 #E8A1EF

tetradic

#EFE8A1 #A1EFC1 #A1A8EF #EFA1CF

square

#EFE8A1 #A1EFC1 #A1A8EF #EFA1CF

split-complementary

#EFE8A1 #A1CFEF #C1A1EF

monochromatic

#DDCE38 #E6DB6D #EFE8A1 #F8F5D5 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.73

#EFE8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE8A1

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE8A1	1.00	1.26	16.73	16.73
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E39C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.090 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efbd',
    500: '#efe8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe8a1;
$custom-light: #f5efbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.615,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92019,
    "c": 0.09048,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE8A1

secondary

#6871CC

accent

#24D313

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE8A1

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

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